Posted on 02/09/2004 4:53:25 PM PST by HiJinx
To the editor:
A couple of weeks ago our representative came to town. The sad thing was, he was not our congressman. Tom Tancredo, from Colorado and not from Arizona, said the things the large majority of Arizonans, and quite possibly the whole country, had been hoping to hear from their congressman. Regrettably, Jim Kolbe is a congressman and not a representative. The difference being a representative represents the wishes of a majority of his constituents, while a congressman represents himself.
We have the specter of the president of Mexico to tell us we need to accept the citizens of his country and give them jobs, medical care, schools, Social Security and services and legality, even though these people have broken our laws in getting into our country. I respectfully suggest to the president of Mexico that he go home and attack the corruption, graft, and greed that permeate the bureaucracy of Mexico and have made it virtually a two-class country. It is a sick government and a sick nation that has its second largest source of income as the earnings of labor from outside its boundaries.
And then we are treated to our own president, apparently called in by Kolbe, (U.S. Rep. Jeff) Flake and (U.S. Sen. John) McCain to bolster their flawed immigration policy and tell the citizens of Arizona that they know what is best for them. It is a disgraceful policy that would honor lawbreakers with amnesty and social services paid for on the backs of honest wage earners and those immigrants who struggled so hard to get here legally.
I have heard Kolbe say repeatedly that something has to be done, and you naysayers have not come up with a solution. Mr. Kolbe’s subcommittee, which he chairs, disburses billions upon billions of our tax dollars to virtually every corner of the globe. We can land a mechanical toy on Mars and spend untold billions to put a human up there. But no one in this administration can develop a strategy for stopping illegal immigrants from pouring filth on our land, destroying our property, threatening our security and putting a monstrous financial burden on our citizenry for social services, health care and law enforcement. Methinks something stinks in Washington.
But, since they can’t, I will give them a solution:
2. Deport those here illegally as they are caught. This does not mean we have a nationwide sweep and truckloads of deportees at one time, but do it in a serious methodical way as they are caught.
3. Enforce the laws already on the books that fine those employers who are ignoring the law and hiring these illegal aliens. These congressmen and administration people say it is not fair to put the burden of law enforcement on employers. Huh? Picking up the phone, calling the INS and asking them to come check some people with suspicious documents is “law enforcement?” We are expected to call the police if we see a crime being committed but not to report someone taking a job illegally. How hypocritical can you get?
4. Make welfare programs subject to recipients taking jobs “no Americans will take.” If illegal workers, who are afraid to raise the slightest protest against lousy working conditions and pay, are eliminated, employers will have to better conditions and raise wages to at least a subsistence level. Cost us more in goods and services? Yes, but only a fraction of what medical care, social services, and law enforcement for illegal aliens are costing now.
5. When all this is accomplished, then – maybe – we can have an honest discussion about a “guest worker” program.
In the meantime, perhaps some of our congressmen, senators, and administration officials should retire, or be retired and allow a representative to replace them.
Walter R. Kolbe
Hereford
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