Illegals Are Destroying America - A Letter To Rep Tom Tancredo

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

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.

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

JamesA writes:
I feel the same, "This is My America" illegals must go, they are illegal.

Three words:
SEND THEM BACK.

It's that simple.

During the Eisenhower administration, we sent back something like one million illegals who were here in the "bracero" program. It was done.

If we can send back one million, we can send back 10 million.

All that is required is the will to do so.

Cheers!
- John

Your summation of the Denver Post vs Tancredo was basically my understanding of the situ. I've read that the employees of the drywall contractor had furnished false documentation but were illegals...maybe true/ maybe not. (But it does leave one wondering if Tancredo called the INS w/ inquiries in that situ.)

Given that the Post had their collective hatchet sharpened & bullseye on Tancredo's back, his reaction to refuse interviews w/ the paper still smacks of a certain arrogance. He inserted himself directly into the controversey & then when the heat gets turned up, he announces that he's taking the ball and going to play w/ the kids on the other block. OK behavior for a private citizen, but it's not OK, IMO, for a guy who draws his paycheck from the taxpayers. I would probably view this a little differently if he refused to talk to the LATimes or the WaPO about it, but the Denver Post is one of Tancredo's local newspapers & this particular story was emerged w/in the proximate area of his district.

As I see it, on one hand Tancredo is a stickler for the rules, an often admirable trait. When he announced his intention to break the term limits pledge he had made to voters, he essentially said that rules (albeit a self-imposed one) don't apply to himself and that begs questions that go directly to his personal integrity. Moreover, as I understand it, term limits was an issue that he was fervent about as the head of the Colorado Term Limits Coaliton & term limits was a central issue in his '98 first-term campaign for congress. Obviously, the voters in his district can enforce his 3-term pledge in November. Or not. The point of this is that when his name is being touted as a write-in candidate for president, his behavior goes under the national microscope & his credibility & integrity are justifiably questionable.

As per the student, Jesus Apodaca, affair--regardless of who the instigators were, the question still boiled down to the debate over in-state tuition vs out-of-state tuition, the difference in costs being quite significant--over $5000 per semester. As a personal aside, w/in 7 months of moving to Wisconsin, I was granted the resident tuition rate when I returned to college--after furnishing a letter from my husband's employer that the move to WI was a employment related transfer. OTOH, kids like Apodaca don't qualify for a resident rate regardless of how long they've been a resident of a state. It's a sticky area--obviously we don't want rich kids coming to the US explicitly for higher education & qualifying for resident tuition rates but, at the same time, do we want to maintain the financial bar at such a high level that we effectively prevent kids like Apodaca from accessing the means to be productive members of society? Some would answer that question in the affirmative; I would not, again stating that it's a difficult issue to sort through.

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