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My letter to the President, faxed today.

President George W. Bush FAX: 202-456-2461

Regarding: Illegal Immigration 5/17/2006

Dear Mr. President;

I worked on both of your campaigns and chaired the communications committee of my county campaign in 2004. I am a solid conservative and have supported you through times when I was less than pleased with your policies because I know you are a good man.

I have to confess, I am at a point of utter disillusionment with your latest move to provide “Immigration Reform”. I do not believe it is appropriate to reform immigration by opening our borders to more people who refuse to speak our language or accept our culture. I do not believe it serves the interest of our nation to create more division through bilingualism and multiculturalism.

Rather than reform our immigration laws, how about ENFORCING the existing ones.

I find your argument of seeking a “rational middle ground” insincere.

Very few people, if any, actually believe we should round up 12 million people and force them back over the border. To suggest such is absurd!

Instead, we should immediately;
1) Enforce the border and prevent further incursions
2) Enforce the law and stop allowing employers to hire illegals
3) Enforce immigration laws on felons and criminals by deportation
4) Immediately stop providing education, health and welfare benefits to illegals
5) Immediately declare all children born of illegal immigrants non-citizens. The 14th amendment does not mandate granting citizenship to anyone born in the states through illegal means. If it is interpreted this way, we should change it.
6) Influence the Mexican Government to clean up its corruption so these people have an opportunity *within their own country* to be successful.
7) When all is said and done above, then we can have a guest worker program that punishes those who cheat and rewards those who follow the rules. But those who have already broken the rules should be given demerits in obtaining a guest worker status and those who return to Mexico and follow the rules should be given preference.

I think this is a common sense proposal. I have to believe there are ulterior motives for even suggesting we should bring in more Mexicans to the USA and especially those who refuse to accept our language or culture.