Letter to the Editor on Immigration

Classic Letter on immigration found on the Free Republic. This sort of thinking is too complicated for most of our Senators and certain of our Presidents.

“Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let’s say I break into your house. Let’s say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, “I made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I’ve done all the things you don’t like to do. I’m hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).”According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family’s insurance plan and provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there.It’s only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I’m just trying to better myself. I’m hard-working and honest…… um, except for well, you know.And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being anti-housebreaker.

Oh yeah, anther thing…I want you to learn my language too so you can communicate with me.

Why can’t people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America….If you agree, pass it on”

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Dave it is the Government making sure that those who come into this country have been vetted. It is the Government making sure that those you hire are not illegal and are not being taken advantage of as is done in those huge corporations like Tyson foods and Mohawk carpets. It is the Government making sure that you are not harboring criminals.

The majority of people in this country do not want open borders no matter how good the Globalization freaks seem to think it is. The majority of people in this country want controls on the border. The majority of people in this country don’t think that Dave can fit 20 million illegals into his house and so rightly believe that the overflow might end up in their house. We don’t want that to happen.

1. Pierre Legrand on September 8th, 2006 at 16:09
Is it “make-totally-irrelevant-comments-day” again already? Michelle’s comment has absolutely nothing to do with the original letter or my response to it.

By the way: Everyone in my house is legal, and I pay their medical bills, provide their food and don’t burden the neighbors. I have been supporting family members for ten years. I don’t shelter any illegal aliens.

Everyone I hire is legal. Everything I do is legal. I pay all taxes due and comply with all laws.

2. Dave on September 8th, 2006 at 14:06
OK Dave, you certainly may have any guests in YOUR house that you desire. Just how many illegal aliens do you now shelter? Are you paying their medical bills, providing all food and shelter so that you do not burden your neighbor? Have your been deducting the wages you pay from your company’s tax return? Are you paying the employer’s share of the Social Security tax? Are you paying workmen’s comp? What are you doing about providing for this alien’s family and extended family? Is your house getting crowded, or have you imposed on your neighbor to house, feed and care for all his relatives? Yes, we could take in the world, but let them come legally.

3. Michelle on September 8th, 2006 at 13:00
This is a tired analogy. It’s not breaking into someone’s house; it’s the government telling me who I can and cannot have as guests in my house; it is the government telling me who I can and cannot hire; it is the government telling me to whom I can and cannot rent an apartment

4. Dave on September 8th, 2006 at 09:43