Have you heard about the Minuteman Project which is about to begin out West? http://www.minutemanproject.com/
Citizens who are fed up with ILLEGAL immigration decided they had to act. I, for one, support them completely.
Ours is a land of immigrants. And, this is a wonderful thing.
Our nation could never have accomplished what it's accomplished without our constant replenishment of talented, hard-working, American-wannabes who come to our nation. I love this. And, I would venture to say, so do MOST of us who are very concerned about the problem of illegal immigration.
For our nation to continue to be strong and good, we need to have some control over what our country is and is becoming. The core values, principles and beliefs which inspired and united us are being whittled away and destroyed.
Why can't we utilize our LEGAL immigration policy? Is it racist or cruel to expect those who want to come to our country to obey our laws? Is it wrong to try to keep a criminal out and to encourage a law-abiding person to come? Isn't that how it used to be?
Many of us are the children and grandchildren of immigrants. Most are the children and grandchildren of legal immigrants. Those who went through proper channels and waited in line and did what America expected. And, the nation and the immigrants were better off for it!
Illegal immigration is not something we must accept, or be afraid to try and stop. The Minutemen are not standing on the border and keeping illegals out. They are showing anyone who'll look how bad the problem is, and how poor our government is doing at addressing the problem. President Bush and the Republican leadership is making a huge mistake in ignoring and misleading us about this problem.
The problem for the government, though, is that the people know the truth. Too many of us regular people see for ourselves what's happening and can't understand why we let it happen.
This is an issue that truly crosses party and ideological lines. Almost all Americans want this to stop.
And, almost all Americans want to encourage healthy immigration so that our Nation continues to progress as it always has. But, if things continue, a disaster is waiting to happen.
How can we expect Al Queda (or other enemies) to NOT cross the border to strike us? Both Mexico and Canada are complicit in the problem and there will be hell to pay when it "bites us in the ass."
As an attorney, and as an attorney who does a great deal of indigent criminal defense work in busy urban courts, I have seen what our "open-border" policies have wrought.
If most people understood how much of their tax money was being spend to provide government services and funds to people who are unwilling to obey our laws, assimilate into our culture, and give-back to the land they take from, I think they'd be aghast!
The governmental funds spent on illegal immigrants is astounding and unreported. Those of us who see it first hand have thousands of stories to tell--if anyone would listen.
So, I support the Minuteman Project and hope that their work helps to shed light on this problem and makes it impossible for our leaders to ignore. Rep. Tom Tancredo is a hero for working so hard to bring this issue to the fore!
For a wonderful blog about our illegal immigration problem and the hero's who are fighting to protect us, check out one of my hero's (Michelle Malkin) new blogs. http://michellemalkin.com/immigration/
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