This is a “dog bites man” story because it’s not out of the ordinary. In fact threats should be expected when one takes a stand that does not involve fierce hatred for immigrants and/or Hispanic people. People who don’t hate immigrants are the new Dixie Chicks.

Ask a journalist. Any journalist who writes an article that does not lash out irrationally at immigrants and/or Hispanic people will get more hate mail than for any other type of article. They often receive threats.

I think it was last month when a Colorado politician found it unacceptable that a colleague referred to immigrants as “peasants”. That politician received so much hate mail and offensive phone calls (with language that would make a sailor blush) that her contact information had to be taken off the website. Remember Pizza Patron the restaurant that temporarily accepted pesos? They received threats. Pizza sales also increased 20% so you take the good with the bad.

These people get ticked off easily too. On a certain debate forum a guy described how he saw Hispanic men bussing tables at an Outback Steakhouse. He wrote a scathing letter to the manager and vowed to never eat at Outback again because they hired illegal aliens. How he knew the men were illegal aliens I’ll never know. On the same forum another particiant expressed outrage that a commercial for alergy medication included a bumble bee with a Spanish accent. Hate is just engulfing them.

This is NOT an isolated incident. This fierce hate of immigrants and Hispanics is overwhelming these people. Thankfully it is only a very small portion of the population. In the end the calls to Casa de Maryland will probably be traced to the home of an elderly couple who has a 40 year old son living in the basement.

Anger about illegal immigration should be directed at the government and local businesses. The government did, and does, little to stop it, and local businesses profit from a legal immigration to a degree most people can't imagine. I left Greeley, Colorado where the local school district was over 50% Hispanic, many of them from monolingual households. I arrived in South Carolina and go to Home Depot and there are signs in Spanish. Almost all labor done on my house, the yards, etc. is done by Spanish speaking only people. I speak some Spanish but that isn't necessary to know when I see a probable illegal immigrant. The South Carolina legislature is all juiced up about illegal immigration, but the price of housing and all other services would go up significantly if all the illegal immigrants were sent back to Mexico and elsewhere. This is true of much of the country. That's where the focus of our frustration should be directed

We are a citizen government. When our representatives actively undermine our border laws they force we, the people, to take matters into our own hands. If only I had the guts...

Ralph, this is not about immigrants. I have been married to an immigrant for 31 years. She started with a green card and earned her citizenship in eight years.

This is about illegal aliens! You seem dense and should refrain from commenting until you have an understanding of the difference between illegal aliens and immigrants.

As far as knowing who is an illegal alien, an immigrant takes an oath to learn English. My wife was hitting the books and learning English even before she left her old country. Illegal aliens take no oath to learn English and there are so many now here that too many consider learning our language an "option" because they are able to live in pockets of Spanish speakers. Those bussing tables at an Outback probably did not speak English.

One more thing; about illegals doing jobs that American citizens won't do, twenty years ago American teenagers or students would do those jobs. Today, they are shut out because employers prefer slave labor.

What does this group really expect?!? Calls of congratulations for fueling the fire for allowing lawbreakers who abuse our laws, milk us for all they can and then eventually go back to their "home" country?!? It's like a freeloading guest in your "house" who never leaves and you pick up the tab. Americans are to the breaking point of being tired of the nonsense and something had better happen SOON or I fear they will be civil unrest. Our federal gov't has dropped the ball, and intentionally, which is even worse. Violence is never acceptable but I fear that is what it's coming to because the "leaders" failure to act. Please, at election time, vote out all incumbunts and vote REPUBLICAN! If the Democrats are in control of the House, Senate and WH, we're doomed.

Please report all illegals and their employers to ICE: 1-866-347-2423 You may do so anonymously. I live in a gated community in So. FL and they had the audacity to put an article in the local newspaper that they're looking for "volunteers" to teach their "Spanish workers" English. Like the post by Ken Pope says -- his wife hit the books, learning English, because to become a LEGAL citizen you must know English! I've reported this community to ICE.

Please boycott businesses that post signs in Spanish and tell them you are doing so! I closed my account at Bank of America because they cater to the illegals in allowing them to open accounts. My local branch looks like Banco de Mexico. Again, I don't detest immigrants, just ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS who think they should be able to thumb their nose at our laws and show us disrespect!

Not to mention if illegal immigration was ended, the legal immigrants in this country wouldn't keep getting looked at with a suspicious eye by some people.

I too was married to a legal resident for 16 years, Lou Dobbs is married to a American woman of Mexican descent, so before you consider all of us opposed to illegal immigration to be immigrant haters and racists, do some research.

"Ralph, this is not about immigrants"

That's what they say. I wish it were true. I wish it were only about illegal immigrants. But it's not.

Casa de Maryland was in the headlines only a couple of weeks ago when it was granted funds to assist LEGAL immigrants to satisfy the requirements of citizenship. There was an uproar. People complained. They weren't complaining about just illegal aliens. Were they?

On many forums and some youtube videos one can see people complaining about others using the Spanish language. It's not just about illegal aliens.

As for you personally, perhaps your only objection is to illegal aliens. Perhaps you are perfectly fine with people speaking Spanish and flying the Mexican flag. That's wonderful. Unfortunately there are many, many people who are opposed to immigrants for reasons that extend beyond legality.

All of these pro-illegal alien, open borders idiots out there ALWAYS throw illegal and legal immigrants together because, to put it simply, there is no rational defense of illegal immigration. They are the first to refer to race, and to scream racism, but when 90%+ of the illegals are Hispanic, it should be no surprise that Hispanics are the group that the focus is on.
The truth is that people who are willing to break immigration laws to come over here (even if they are doing it for work purposes) are less likely to refrain from breaking other laws. The double-standard is that if I were caught using someone else's identity, I would get YEARS behind bars, yet these illegals do it with impunity. When I lived in Texas, the people I knew who were the most opposed to the illegals were the Hispanic citizens. An Hispanic bus driver who I talked to on a daily basis always referred to them as "w#tbacks", even with a bus load of people. If I would have said that word..you can imagine the consequences.
The problem is that those who make the laws aren't average Americans, and are insulated from the invasion by their wealth and privilege.
Unfortunately, American politics are as corrupt, if not more so, than Mexico's ever was or will be.

you guys really have no lives... Rev. Simon is obviously a very hard working minister that other than preaching he fights for justice in this Country. Undocumented immigrants are forced to come to America searching for a better tomorrow, leaving behind their homes and families. And when they do arrive here we treat them as if they are trash. You guys acts like babies if you're really going to cancel you banking accounts and other stuff just because some noble people treat undocumented immigrants with respects. Think about it