DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL — JUST VEND (illegal invaders not treated as lawbreakers)

NY POST ^ | July 19, 2005 | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

[Liz]

THE ISSUE: A law banning inquiries about the immigration status of New York City street vendors.

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Mayor Bloomberg has betrayed all the legal residents of New York City — citizens and legal immigrants alike — by signing a bill allowing illegal aliens to obtain street-vending licenses ("Council OKs Cindy's Pet Project, June 24). Too many politicians act as if New York City is obliged to make it easier for foreigners to violate America's immigration laws. This misguided bill spares would-be vendors the inconvenience of being asked whether they actually have a legal right to work in the U.S. We already have a national-security problem directly connected to our epidemic of illegal immigration. Bloomberg, who signed this law with great fanfare, should be working on ways to provide fewer incentives to break our immigration laws, not more. George Mole The Bronx

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Illegal immigration should be prosecuted on more levels than just as a federal crime. Since illegal aliens threaten state and local economies, those jurisdictions should have the authority to enforce the law as they see fit. James McCaffrey Brooklyn

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I am amazed at how uninformed Americans are of the negative effects that undocumented and illegal aliens have. Unregulated immigration costs taxpayers in educational funding. It overburdens hospitals, denying citizens life-saving healthcare. It overcrowds neighborhoods, lowering property values and quality of life standards. Until these illegal invaders are treated as lawbreakers, this serious problem will only perpetuate itself. Greg Horak Hicksville

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We should consider the poem on the Statue of Liberty that describes immigrants as the "wretched refuse" of the countries they came from. Descendants of those legal immigrants, who sacrificed to achieve the American dream, must cringe at the rights that are thrown at illegal aliens today. Patricia Elkins Hollywood, Fla.

[Squantos]

Hey that looks like Muttly.......

[PoorMuttly]

It DOES !!! How did they do that ??!

It would be even nicer in color. You could see more of the rust.

[Squantos]

You could see more of the rust.....on the guns or the old gunfighter ?:o)

[PoorMuttly]

Yes.