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First, I didn’t post the article. If you go back to post #393 you find the article. I just commented on your ridiculous assertion that the Center for Immigration Studies, the Federation of American Immigration Reform, Rice University, the San Diego Union Tribune, Harvard University, and the National Academy of Sciences are “anti-immigrant”, and didn’t do that until post #398.

Second, you make a major mistake when you say; “while simultaneously realizing that they do in fact benefit the economy,” the criminals are a drain on the economy not a benefit. They use more than they contribute.

On top of that, they weaken the fiber of our society. Just by being here they cause more crime. For starters if they weren’t here, the criminals who employ them wouldn’t turn to crime, because the temptation wouldn’t be there, and the means to commit the crime wouldn’t be there. An employer can’t illegally hire a criminal if the criminal isn’t here to be hired. Neither criminal alien, nor the criminal employer can evade employment taxes if the criminal alien didn’t come here illegally.

It also sends a message to people throughout our country that breaking the law is acceptable behavior. Rewarding the criminals for breaking the law by allowing them to stay here sends an even worse message. It sends the message that crime pays and the way to get ahead here is to be a criminal.

Plus it is a slap in the face of every immigrant who followed the rules and came here legally. People like my sister-in-law’s father, who waited 7 years to get a visa to come here to work. It burns his butt, that friends and relatives of his are still in Italy, having given up on waiting for their papers, and criminals are swarming all over the country. You don’t want to hear his thoughts on rewarding the criminals for their crimes.

Then there is the question of how will they enforce the new laws. If Bush and Ashcroft are so incompetent that they can’t enforce the current law, how are they going to manage to enforce the new law?

No, the solution to the problem is to enforce the laws we have on the books now. Then when we rid our selves of the criminals, let law-abiding people apply to come here.

This is what I wrote to GWB.....not that it will matter a hill of beans....in any context....sigh

"Mr President;

I am appalled and very disappointed in your decision to grant illegal immigrants ANY kind of amnesty or federal help.

They have BROKEN the LAW and deserve NOTHING from our hard earned tax monies.

Here in the Houston, Texas area illegal immigrants are bankrupting our health and educations systems."

We will be writing to our congress people to VETO any legislation to help this ILLEGAL way of life.
Not that Kevin Brady will do much in this instance.......sigh.......

He will not ever get our vote again.

My family who came here LEGALLY over many years since 1942, have had NOTHING handed to them by way of taxpayers.
In fact, they had to PAY to get here, and have enough money in a secured account to get back to their homeland if they required taxpayer assistance.

Your proposal spits in their faces!

Please RETRACT this very bad proposal! How about a proposal that MEXICO give their people some incentive to stay in their OWN country? >br>Do away with the graft and corruption?

Luis.......ya listening?