According to The Inland North County Times (April 22, 2009), El Grupo, an umbrella group of civil rights organizations, held a press conference to call on the city of Escondido to replace its police chief because his policies, especially his department's frequent use of driver's license checkpoints, have created an atmosphere of fear in the community.

At the press conference, a woman said her sister was arrested at a checkpoint and turned over to immigration authorities.

"I don't think what the police are doing is right," said the woman, who, according to the Times, did not want her name published because she said she has other family members in the country illegally, including two of her sister's four children.

Who cares what she thinks? If she doesn't like the way we enforce our laws, she can go back to Mexico. Last year, an illegal immigrant without auto insurance hit my car. An attorney's only advice was that I buy "no fault"insurance next time. According to her, the police wouldn't even arrest her, let alone get her deported.

What a sense of entitlement these people have to think they ought to call the shots. They don't respect our laws or our flag. Many get involved in crime and gangs.

If we're a nation of racists, we wouldn't have 12 million+ illegals here. We wouldn't have a black president. Online, blacks are against illegal immigration because illegals turn Compton's working class neighborhoods into slums. Vietnamese are against iillegals because some say they almost died coming here by boat. Why should illegals get an easy path? There is even a Latino group based in Santa Ana who opposes illegal immgration because illegals drive wages down.

This is not a conflict between white people and people of color. This is about protecting our citizens of every color from law breakers. I support the Escondido police chief and the check points. I support America.