Wednesday, August 25, 2010

In response to "Immigrants are opportunity"

In response to Daron Christopher's letter "Immigrants are opportunity" (May 14 and TribLIVE.com): The proposed Pennsylvania legislation that he criticizes, like its Arizona cousin, is not anti- immigrant; it is anti-illegal immigrant!

When will you people have the intellectual honesty to acknowledge that this measure and measures like it are to address a specific problem? It's a problem, by the way, that 70 percent of legal immigrants recognize as a threat to them.

Of course we want immigrants in this country, but anyone whose first acts upon entering are to break the law and fail to respect our sovereignty is not an immigrant. He is a criminal.

Pennsylvania's population and economic declines are made worse by the additional costs associated with burdens on law enforcement, entitlement spending, medical costs, etc., brought on by illegal immigrants accessing public services.

Enforcing the rule of law, reducing regulations and lowering tax rates will bring people and businesses back to this state, not more tax breaks and tuition assistance -- they are what got us here.

Oh, and by the way, the regions that Mr. Christopher says are "most accepting of different cultures -- New York, San Francisco, Austin" -- and other bastions of liberal policies are foundering, not flourishing. He should drink less Kool-Aid!

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