This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill First from a retired border patrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.
Dear Senator First:
There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran aliens.
#1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want US citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a US citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, instate tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.
#2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.
#3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.
#4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful US residents.
#5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.
#6. The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. The US accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined.
#7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote." Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.
#8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the US. During World War II Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the US from Mexico. During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the US to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the US stole California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their school children.
#9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight. Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life. I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good reason to trash another nation?
#10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.
#11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents? What is it about race that entitles people to violate our laws, steal identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price? For about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high. There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country and demanded the rights afforded to US citizens or to offend those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the wants and needs of those who don't even have the right to remain here? There will be a reckoning.
It will come in November of this year. We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators and thieves.
David J. Stoddard
US Border Patrol (RET)
Hereford, Arizona
I disagree with this letter to a small degree. The statement is made several times about American citizens being willing to do work for a "decent wage." While this is true, if you raised the wage then the price of whatever they are doing would go up accordingly. Some products have artificially low prices due to using immigrant labor.
ReplyDeleteYou have two ways to solve the problem. Either hire Americans for more money and have prices raise for whatever they are doing, or lower the minimum wage so that people willing to work for a lower wage (rather than be unemployed) are allowed to do so. I would argue for the second option. Illegal immigrants get paid under the table because it would be illegal for a citizen to take the same rates. Allow Americans to compete and we all benefit.
The problem is that a low end American worker doesn't provide any value to the employer that low end Illegal worker does other than know they are here legally. However if the American worker starts to be more productive at their job, then there is a reason to pay them more than lower class workers...
Does that make sense?
I think there is another aspect to the low price a product or service appears to have because of the lower labor costs that illegals cause that is not being factored in. Let's take hanging sheetrock, for an example. Prior to that cheap labor a man could make a reasonable living doing that. Now it's not so. Sure, IF not for the lower labor costs, the house would cost more. But what is the Cost to Society for that Mirage of more affordable housing? What out of pocket costs exist for the American people who didn't buy that house? Paying for teachers, schools, and every aspect of the Social Safety net that the illegals have no right to. Check out the report done by Clowerd and Piven. Someone, IDK who,asked them to study what it would take to wreck a society. They concluded that Overloading the social safety nets would do it. Then, surprisingly, our elected representatives rather than make policies to avoid such a problem, it looks more like they used it as an operations manual to sink America. And the Anchor baby idea is a fraud, created by an intentional misreading of the constitution. A pertinent phrase is ignored.
ReplyDeleteAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
The pregnant visitor is not subject to the laws of America in the sense that they are citizens. It's as ridiculous a concept as pretending that one is now Family should a pregnant stranger give birth in your living room. What makes you responsible for or in any way in a position to have jurisdiction over That baby?
Or its mother?