Illegals Are Destroying America - A Letter To Rep Tom Tancredo

Congressman, Tom Tancredo | 1-9-4

[from this machine]

The following letter was received by the heroic Congressman, Tom Tancredo, and posted on his site as part of 'Tom's Mailbag'...

My story.

I live in a world where I do not count. I am White. I am poor. I don't have coalitions rallying for what I feel is important. I don't have news reporters writing about "poor me". But, I have views. I vote. I pay taxes. And, I know there are millions of people in America just like me.

I live next to a shelter built by politicians who are afraid to have an opinion about closing the border. Daily, 1,500 illegal Mexicans visit that shelter. It was supposed to keep these "poor" people from urinating and defecating on the streets. It didn't. If I defecated on the street, I would get fined.

My home and vehicles have been broken into 22 times in 5 years. I stopped calling the police each time now, because they don't come anyway. Instead, we bought a gun. Scared off the last illegal trying to steal our truck. He knew enough English to say, "Sorry", as we pointed it at him. 3 months later, we still have a towel over the smashed driver's side window. Last week, I was ordered to pay a $85.00 fine for a false alarm. Police showed up for THAT hearing. The police couldn't find any criminal at my home when my home alarm sounded. I am curious how long police think bad guys "hang around" after an alarm has been triggered.

When I was rear ended in my car, the policeman said I would have to wait while he called for back -up. My baby was screaming. The police had no film in the camera. The back- up police had no fingerprinting ink, or film. The illegal had an ID, but the police said there was nothing that could be done. The illegal would just get another fake ID and would never show for court. He didn't have insurance. The illegal who hit me said, "Sorry", as he was walking away. He was free to go. I was free to pay the deductible on my car, and the chiropractor bills for my children and myself. If I drove without insurance and hurt someone or their possessions, I would be forced to pay for the damages.

My husband works 6 days a week as a framing contractor. He pays FICA, Social Security, State taxes, Federal taxes, General liability insurance, Workman's comp insurance, and probably others that I don't remember. His Workman's Comp. just skyrocketed from $5,000 per year, to $28,000 per year. Now I ask you... WHERE are we to come up with an extra $23,000? We had NO CLAIMS! Should I take it from my food budget? We often go weeks without meat! Should it come from our clothing budget? We buy our clothes at thrift sales and Savers. How about our entertainment account? Does seeing a movie every month qualify?

My home insurance costs me $100.00 more yearly because I live on a border state. How long until Kansas becomes a border state?

I have had no medical insurance for years and years. I can't afford it. At 33, I got cancer. My doctor told me to go to ACCHS. I don't remember how to spell the state's medical system, since they declined me. My husband 's company had no profit in 6 months, due to theft, and lack of laws at the time to force general contractor's to pay . Without studying my receipts, I was declined. Interesting that the hundreds of illegal Mexicans standing in line, were being given food stamps, and medical care. They did not have social security numbers, and did not speak English. If you don't believe me, look at the application DES uses yourself, spend 5 minutes at DES and remind yourself why you pay taxes. You won't leave smiling.

Taxes. We fell behind 1 year. I contacted IRS and told them we want to make arrangements to pay. We now show the IRS EVERY thing we buy. From tampons to chewing gum-they see the receipt. For the next year, we will be scrutinized. For the next 5 years we will be audited. Maybe I should never have "done the right thing" and told them. Maybe I should change my name to Garcia.

My son cries nightly because his legs and arms hurt. He has cried for almost 7 years. My husband often walks on one leg because his back and leg pain is almost unbearable. Monthly, I have mini strokes. During those times, I lose the ability to speak well, and have seizures until I lose consciousness . We don't really know what is wrong with any of us. We may never know. WE can't afford a doctor. God forbid we need emergency services. 30% of the time, hospitals are on divert status, because there is no room. The illegals take their kids to ERs for colds and sore throats. I would only go if I lost a limb, or my heart gave out.

2 years ago, I announced to my family there would be no turkey for Thanksgiving. We would eat pasta and be thankful we were a family. My Catholic friend made arrangements for me to get a food box from her church. I went, reluctantly. I drove up in my broken old van, and saw a lot full of new (stickers still attached), suburbans. My van was the worst vehicle there, and it hit me that I really was poor! I stood in line for 20 minutes amazed at the number of Mexicans taking box after box of food. When it was my turn, I had to show ID. I was told to leave. There wasn't enough food for me to take a box. I looked around- there were boxes of food everywhere! For a minute I forgot I was White, and in their eyes, not deserving.

At church, our pastor reminds us to stay hopeful. I struggle to make sense of a system that has taken from me, and given to those who have more than I do.

Who will be my voice? Where is my coalition? I thought it was the leaders of America. I was wrong. They have sold out me and millions like me out. What's worse...I don't know why.

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Rep Tom Tancredo

DC Office 1130 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-7882

District Office 6099 South Quebec St., Suite 200 Centennial, CO 80111-4547 (720) 283-9772

[rmlew]

The point being, "the country" survived just fine.
The country moved ideologically to the left between 1880 and 1940. The primary reasons were the economic dislocations from industrialization, innovations of agriculture, and immigration.
If you look at the labor movement, the socialist movements, the progressive movements, and the communist party all of these were dominated by immigrants and their children and grandchildren.

Take a good look at immigrant voting patterns and tell me again that America will be fine.

[rmlew]

Cracking down on employers would work just fine.

[rmlew]

You are confusing anarcho-Lbertarianism with Conservatism.
Protecting our country and borders is a legitimate power of the government.

[Texasforever]

What happenbed to our Republic? We failed to keep it, Dr. Franklin.

I'm with ya, they are sapping our vital bodily fluids.

[Young Rhino]

Why work at $5.50/hour without benefits if you can get the same from the government for doing nothing?

Local McDonalds starts their workers at $8+ an hour and their management starts near $30K per annum. Almost all workers are immigrants because rural and ghetto native-born trash are too lazy to work.

[meadsjn]

I'm for deporting all the lawyers to Mexico.

Great idea - an airdrop.

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Les Nessman, WKRP

[Catspaw]

That poor dear. I hope Rep. Tancredo's constituent services staffers helped her get services from all the social welfare agencies, public and private, that she so desparately needs. Perhaps you could organize a fund-raiser--I think a telethon is a bit over the top.

And if her husband is a framing contractor, the type in the construction industry, I hate to tell him, but it's a dying job, taken over, not by illegal aliens, but by technology. The majority of frames are being made, not on site, but in large plants, cut with the assistance of computerized machines. I hope Rep. Tancredo can help her husband get retraining.

[the invisib1e hand]

you did.

And if they don't actually work better, but the CEO or homeowner has heard that Mexicans are the way to go, and pressures the contractor to hire them

sure, some people are foolish enough to insist on slothful workers, but not many, and not for long.

slothful workers have to be protected by laws (i.e. unions, discriminatory immigration practices, tariffs, etc.).

[douglas1]

WHAT I hear from you is that the contractors would prefer to hire the ILEGALS I wonder why ,could it be that these people would take lower wages and not complain about how they were treated, gee sounds real good if your a contractor.

[Dan Evans]

At least you acknowledge that she's a real person -- we're making progress.

It's pretty obvious that the local "civil servants" in her town who are pledged to fair treatment of all citizens are cowards who have allowed themselves to be intimidated by foreign-born thugs. I think the only thing we can do for people in her predicament is to turn the invasion back.

[Catspaw]

So what "border state" is she from? Tancredo doesn't say.

If she does exist, I do hope Tancredo's staffers, though, helped her get the welfare handouts she wants. After all, it's our tax dollars at work.

[Dan Evans]

So what "border state" is she from? Tancredo doesn't say.

I hope Tancredo doesn't give out any more information about her -- she's likely get to get payback from Latino stalkers who don't like Anglos speaking up.

But this is really a good argument for getting rid of the welfare system don't you think? After all, most illegals wouldn't be here if it weren't for handouts.

[Catspaw]

But she wants her welfare handouts--and, if she's the author, writes a inchoate, maudlin piece of bathos and pathos because she didn't get to snark from the public trough.

[Dan Evans]

But she wants her welfare handouts--and, if she's the author, writes a inchoate, maudlin piece of bathos and pathos because she didn't get to snark from the public trough.

I'm glad I read it. It reveals how fragile and easily corruptible our legal system is. It is quite chilling reading this letter and the other posts here and seeing how we are giving a class of people the idea that they are above the law.

And as for welfare -- well, she's going through a learning experience. She thinks that just because she and her husband obeyed the law and paid taxes all those years she's entitled to take advantage of the social safety net. Guess again. It's fun watching people get turned into conservatives isn't it?

[Catspaw]

Yup. She wants to be another welfare leech.

[Dan Evans]

Yup. She wants to be another welfare leech.

How do you really feel about this, Catspaw? Are you against welfare leeches in general or are you just enjoying schadenfreude from seeing what you think is a conservative down on her luck?

[Catspaw]

I'm against all welfare leeches in general. The solution to money problems is not to stand in line with hands out, waiting for the government to provide them with ENTITLEMENTS, but to work for a living, more than one job if one has to. If one can't, turn to family and church. But we don't owe them a living.

[Dan Evans]

I'm against all welfare leeches in general. The solution to money problems is not to stand in line with hands out, waiting for the government to provide them with ENTITLEMENTS, but to work for a living, more than one job if one has to. If one can't, turn to family and church. But we don't owe them a living.

I agree. But it looks like she turned to the church and the church turned her away.