Gotta love how Gothamist uses a more heroic headline "Good Samaritan Chases Down Hit And Run Driver" as opposed to a more accurate headline "Illegal Alien Mows Down Four Teenagers". I'm sure Gothamist wishes this criminal were wearing his "Gringo mask."

Oh, good, I was worried there wouldn't be knee-jerk, reactionary, empty remarks foisting these poor girls up as poster children for immigration reform.

Being an illegal immigrant doesn't make you a bad driver who won't take responsibility for your actions, being a good, old-fashioned jackass does.

LOL, now all the anti-immigrants remark in the prior story of the women raped and in coma look stupid. I love how the mob just follows their tail. Just as American Citizens, there are good and bad Immigrants. The focus should be on immigration reform and enforcement and not all that racism posted earlier.

p.s. I am not filipino unlike some crazy stalker -youngpro/valeriob/philip tullin states that I am. Must be so sad to be so obsessed.

is there something wrong with being filipino?

no there isn't not that I am aware of but I am not.

so then stfu.

Soxinthecity makes a good point. John McCain was just confronted on this point, and suggested that illegal jobs were a symptom rather than a cause of illegal immigration... as if millions of people jump the border before there are any jobs and simply wait for corporations to notice them and create illegal jobs for them to fill...

While it's true that immigrants come here looking for jobs, they are also well aware that it's much easier to get food, hospitalization, and shelter if you're poor here than if you're poor in Latin America.

It's quite common for pregnant woman to get visas and show up here 8 1/2 months pregnant. Once the baby is delivered within the border. Ta da! Instant American citizen!

I know a number of Dominicans who did that with every kid, then went right back (these are not poor immigrants). It's their insurance in case all hell breaks loose on the Island.

Want to eliminate the problem of the "undocumented"? Go after the employers. Of course, that would take away a critical wedge issue, and piss off the right wingers biggest contributers. Instead, they demonize some dirt poor people that are trying to make better lives for their families.

The employers love the cheap labor and the "no rules" system where they don't have to provide insurance or good working conditions or pay taxes. It's all about making more money - no one is happy making "enough" and providing good jobs, they want to make "more!" and just treat workers like crap. The greed in this country is keeping everyone down. And outsourcing jobs overseas as well.

Oh and by the way, do jobs at wages that force them to live 10 to a room in illegally sub-divided apartments throughout the city so they can send $20 bucks a week back to their relatives.But to hell with them...once they're gone, I'm sure there will be plenty of people lining up to scrub the toilets of corporate America.

there is no doubt these immigrants are being exploited and it is wrong, but the gov is wrong for not enforcing immigration laws

we need a green movement for service labor; buy local and hire an american

the problem is that americans with no skills can get their basic needs met by gov programs and therefore don't have to take menial jobs like scrubbing toilets and working in the sausage factory

If you're going to retain that hideous logo and moniker, the least you could do is post some equally hideous and loathesome comments so that I can confirm my hatred of you!

well said.

I am not excusing this man's actions -- driving recklessly and hurting bystanders -- but I think one should note that he probably ran off precisely because he was scared of deportation (or ending up in an immigration jail indefinitely with no attorney and no contact with loved ones). If we had more sensible immigration laws, he may very well have stayed around to take responsibility for the accident.

I don't know, I think someone who hits 4 people and then runs might just be a bad person in general, regardless of citizen status.

because we should give people with menial skills who sneak across the border immediate citizenship but the tech workers and doctors should have to wait 5-7 years?

"If we had more sensible immigration laws, he may very well have stayed around to take responsibility for the accident."

ARE YOU ON DRUGS?

We should have immigration laws LIKE THEY DO IN MEXICO, where assholes like this would be in JAIL FOR YEARS for sneaking in.

wow. thanks mrs. fucking obvious, but saying "im not defending.." doesn't mean that you're not defending it. the problem isn't "sensible immigration laws" - immigration isn't easy, never is and never was. tough. i lived in australia for a time, and getting permanent residency isn't simple. the problem is, people want /easy/ like, fill out a piece of paper (in spanish!) and now you're a fucking citizen? give me a fucking break. you're a god damn fool.

show this country how your being here will BENEFIT THE COUNTRY not just give you a method to syphon money back to your family in mexico.

i agree that immigration is an issue, but just bitching about not having your way doesn't mean you start crying "oooh thats not fair" and its automatically someone elses fault.

run 4 people over while being in a place illegally? no shit. you're not supposed to be here.

fucking christ people never cease to amaze me.