Leaky Boat Borders

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) proposed a sweeping election-year revamp of immigration laws yesterday to make it easier for millions of undocumented workers to hold the jobs he says Americans simply do not want.

1/8/04 Allen Perrin 1601 15th St. SE Ruskin, FL 33570-6007 (813) 645-0452

Letters To The Editor The Tampa Tribune PO Box 191 Tampa, FL 33601-4005

To The Editor:

Pity the man in a leaky boat. Which to do first – plug the holes, or legalize the water that has already poured in? If you plug the holes right away – which would seem to be the first logical action to take – then those of the crew who noisily believe that it isn’t fair to take away space from the poor, oppressed water on the outside – would mutiny and let the water come pouring in anyhow.

As backwards as it seems, and as antithetical as it appears to mainstream conservative values, President Bush’s actions to provide amnesty to illegal immigrants already in the nation, is unfortunately the only way to plug the holes at our borders without the liberals screaming racist bloody murder for the next thousand years. But it must be done, to not only stop even more water from getting in , but to also keep the al Qaeda sharks, and barracuda hiding in the bilges out as well. Plugging the vast, and myriad leaks at our borders is yet another mess left over from the previous captain who didn’t care if the boat leaked like a sieve as long as he got re-elected.

I enthusiastically support President Bush’s amnesty program if indeed its main goal is to do an end run around liberal fools who actually like the water coming in, and to ultimately plug the leaks at our borders. Otherwise his actions make no sense at all. To stop the flow of illegals over our borders, and to now enforce our immigration, and deportation laws vigorously is President Bush’s logical, and absolutely crucial next step.

Let’s all hope he takes it. It’s getting deeper all the time.

Sincerely Yours:

Allen Perrin

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