Tan calma. Tan razonable. Plenamente admirable. Pero una Norte Americano es una persona que domina la idioma, que conoce la historia, y desea que se cumple con la ley. Asi crea usted, senora. El trato bueno tiene que mover ambos dirrecciones, no es cierto? You are so calm. So reasonable. Totally admirable. But the true North American masters the language and history and obeys the laws. Is that what you beleive and want Madam? Fairness is a two-way street.

Why don't you state whether or not you are here legally? The media has made a bad practice of not differentiating between the criminal illegals and the legal immigrants. People who are here illegally often label themselves as "immigrants" and the word no longer has the same meaning for everyone. People are fed up with anchor babies and I think we should adopt Ireland's policy - kick out the entire family, deny them an education, welfare, etc. You continually say "Latino" and to many people-especially with your accent - alienates you whether you intend to or not. My ancestors were Native American and European. I have no problem with people who come here legally and want to be American, however, I'm all for prosecuting illegals who think they are "stealing back their country" and refuse to speak English. They pull the race card every time someone points out a flaw in their twisted logic and demand rights they didn't earn. I have no pity for them or those who support them. They should be treated the same in the eyes of the law because they are traitors. Illegals only take and don't contribute anything but racism, crime, hatred, disease, and ignorance. If you are supporting them it could be why people are sending you hate mail

SeattleEd: those, like CM, who support illegal immigration count on most people not being familiar with the correct terminology as well as the code words that people like CM use. Once again: citizen and immigrant are disjoint sets. And, even if we assume that CM was telling the truth about the reporter asking her that question, what reporter would know that she even has kids? If a reporter did ask her that question, it was about CM's "community", which clearly includes illegal aliens. If you'd like to learn more about the NCLR, search for their name at my site. I just noticed that this is an NPR-produced video, so perhaps they might consider whether putting videos like this at the top of their site - with no opposing viewpoint provided except in comments - helps what little reputation they already have. And, since their mandate probably includes balanced coverage, I'd like to know exactly what the funding source for this was and who I should contact to complain.

Thanks to wlErik for helping to make my point about why definitions are important. The word "American", as used by me and presumably as used by CM, means U.S. citizen. wlErik shows that some want to switch at will between meaning that and meaning a resident of the Americas, and then pretend that because of that confusion that any resident of the Americas has a right to move to the U.S. at will. Needless to say, that's extremely sloppy thinking and extremely bad public policy.

"Immigrants" aren't Americans: an immigrant is someone who hasn't yet become a citizen. Once someone is a citizen, they might be a former immigrant, but they're no longer an immigrant. Why is that important? Because those who support illegal immigration - such as the NCLR - constantly try to blur the lines between the different varieties of immigration and the different statuses. So, for instance, when CM refers to "her community", what exactly does she mean? Does that include naturalized citizens, all Latinos, Mexican-Americans, immigrants, or what? And, considering, for instance, a recent NCLR study that suggested going easy on illegal aliens who'd been charged with identity theft, it's hard not to believe that her "community" includes illegal aliens. So, a reporter asking her about the costs of her "community" makes much more sense when you're familiar with the NCLR, including CM's attempts to play the victim and smear those who, unlike the NCLR, support our laws.