2008 Woodie Awards
Dear Editor...
Sean McCormack
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Letters to the editor
I feel the need to spell it out for Neal Brooks on illegal immigration.
It's people with viewpoints like his that are the exact reason why the U.S. has such a massive problem with illegals.
Let me make something clear from the get go. When I say "illegals" I don't mean just South American or just Mexican or just any specific group of people. I mean all illegals: South American, Latin, European, Asian--all of them.
They all broke the law by immigrating illegally, therefore they should all be grouped together.
This brings me to the first problem with illegals. Every last one of them is a criminal. Did they come to the U.S. legally? No.
Even if they came with a legally obtained visa for whatever reason, at the point where they overstay the allotted period of time on those visas they become illegal immigrants and criminals. It doesn't matter where they come from.
Their socio-economic status is irrelevant. They broke the law, and if caught, they should be deported.
By allowing them to stay, for whatever reason, you invalidate the American legal system by placing greater emphasis on some laws than you do on others.
It kills previous legal precedent and opens the door for an unending flood of illegal immigrants, which the United States would have no way of providing for. Look at the population problems in the nations of China and India.
Both those nations show very clearly the spending problems associated with having large populations that can't be entirely supported by their own governments.
Next I'll address your arguments on the American Dream. First, I'm well aware of the fact that many immigrants have pursued or even achieved the American Dream at one point in time in history or another.
Do you know what the illegals don't have in common with those people?
Those historical immigrants didn't break the law when they immigrated in through designated immigration stations like those that were historically located at Ellis Island and Angel Island.
It's people with viewpoints like his that are the exact reason why the U.S. has such a massive problem with illegals.
Let me make something clear from the get go. When I say "illegals" I don't mean just South American or just Mexican or just any specific group of people. I mean all illegals: South American, Latin, European, Asian--all of them.
They all broke the law by immigrating illegally, therefore they should all be grouped together.
This brings me to the first problem with illegals. Every last one of them is a criminal. Did they come to the U.S. legally? No.
Even if they came with a legally obtained visa for whatever reason, at the point where they overstay the allotted period of time on those visas they become illegal immigrants and criminals. It doesn't matter where they come from.
Their socio-economic status is irrelevant. They broke the law, and if caught, they should be deported.
By allowing them to stay, for whatever reason, you invalidate the American legal system by placing greater emphasis on some laws than you do on others.
It kills previous legal precedent and opens the door for an unending flood of illegal immigrants, which the United States would have no way of providing for. Look at the population problems in the nations of China and India.
Both those nations show very clearly the spending problems associated with having large populations that can't be entirely supported by their own governments.
Next I'll address your arguments on the American Dream. First, I'm well aware of the fact that many immigrants have pursued or even achieved the American Dream at one point in time in history or another.
Do you know what the illegals don't have in common with those people?
Those historical immigrants didn't break the law when they immigrated in through designated immigration stations like those that were historically located at Ellis Island and Angel Island.
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