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"Police in Chiapas, Mexico, x-rayed a couple of trucks headed for the US and found 513 migrant workers jammed inside. The truckers were mindful of space-efficiency: Some of the workers were standing, clinging to cargo nets. Others were sitting and lying on the floor. (Okay, it actually doesn't look all that different from the New York subway at rush hour. But still...) It's hard to look at these photos without feeling sympathy for the lengths some folks will go to to take jobs Americans don't want. It's also hard to know who to be mad at: The migrants? The truckers? Farmers who hire illegal immigrants for next-to-nothing? Minimum wage laws that make it harder for this work from being done legally? Welfare that encourages Americans not to do these jobs? Porous borders? All of the above?"

http://www.businessinsider.com/police-find-513-mexican-migrant-workers-in-2-trucks-bound-for-the-us-2011-5

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM. Reason : ]

5/18/2011 9:32:06 AM

Why should we have to be mad at anyone?

5/18/2011 10:34:43 AM

Illegals will do shit jobs for next to nothing. Its not a matter of people here not wanting the jobs, they just can't compete with an illegal immigrant who will do the same job for a few dollars. One of my coworkers lost his previous job exactly due to that reason.

(dey took ur jerbs)

Meanwhile, Obama makes jokes about border security.

5/18/2011 10:39:46 AM

Also, I find it difficult to believe that these trucks were "Bound for US"

5/18/2011 10:40:02 AM

^ actually they weren't mexican, they were traveling through mexico but were mostly latin american. from another source

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"There were actualy 2 trucks, the first one with 240 people inside: 211 guatemalans 19 from salvador 6 from ecuator 3 chineses 1 japan. The second one with more people: 199 from Guatemala, 28 from El Salvador, 26 from Ecuador, 12 from India, 6 from Nepal "

5/18/2011 10:46:17 AM

Lol what the hell is wrong with the Chinese and Japanese that they couldn't get a legit visa.

5/18/2011 10:48:29 AM

i had a friend who lost his job due to illegals willing to work for less

he reported the company

his former boss threatened him

guy's in jail now

5/18/2011 10:49:11 AM

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"It's hard to look at these photos without feeling sympathy for the lengths some folks will go to to take jobs Americans don't want."

what a bullshit statement. i'm tired of hearing about all these jobs that "Americans don't want".

5/18/2011 10:51:43 AM

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"guy's in jail now"

You friend or his boss?

5/18/2011 10:53:54 AM

the boss

he told me its cause of the threats, but i think its more cause of the illegals

5/18/2011 10:59:13 AM

Tractor trailer headed for the US gets in serious accident...260 mexicans killed

5/18/2011 11:08:25 AM

They were illegal aliens, but they were actually planning on taking the jobs Mexicans don't want.

Mexico has a big problem with immigration too.

5/18/2011 2:21:13 PM

I still can't fathom how over 250 people could fit in one semi truck.

5/18/2011 2:23:01 PM

They didn't get the 3rd truck though

5/18/2011 2:29:30 PM

I get that these trucks may not have been going to the US, I was more responding to the part of the article that talks about illegal immigration into the US

5/18/2011 2:35:37 PM

OMG...


IT'S A HAUL-OCAUST

5/18/2011 3:56:43 PM

^^^ geez i wonder how many fatalities there were in that video??

5/18/2011 4:22:42 PM

vs

5/18/2011 4:27:56 PM

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"3 chineses"

5/18/2011 4:59:04 PM

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"DoubleDown All American 7151 Posts user info edit post Quote : "It's hard to look at these photos without feeling sympathy for the lengths some folks will go to to take jobs Americans don't want." what a bullshit statement. i'm tired of hearing about all these jobs that "Americans don't want". 5/18/2011 10:51:43 AM"

i agree. it's really much more complicated than Americans not wanting certain jobs.

5/18/2011 5:12:56 PM

the illegal immigrants i used to work with laughed when they heard about shit like this. i asked why and they told me they just got some fake papers and flew right in on an airliner.

5/18/2011 6:43:41 PM