Immigration laws must be enforced

Immigration laws without enforcement aren't worth the paper on which they are written.

Case in point is our newest sanctuary-seeking illegal named Flor Crisostomo.

Flor Crisostomo has been in the U.S. since 2000. She was arrested in 2006 and told by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 2007 to leave the U.S.

Eleven hundred illegals were also arrested in 2006 after a raid on 40 business sites.

Is there no follow-up when an illegal is told to leave our country? How many of the others who were arrested in the 2006 raids are still in the U.S.? What good are raids without enforcement? How can illegals flagrantly mock our immigration laws without reprisals?

Fast forward to 2008 and, guess what, Flor is still here - two years after her arrest. Now Flor is holed up in the same church where Elvira Arellano obtained sanctuary.

Flor, you have had eight years of abusing my tax dollars and breaking the U.S. laws. You should go home. I'm sure your kids miss you after eight long years.

INS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must do their job and remove people who break our laws from the United States. Deportation of any illegal should be done in a timely manner - not two years after an arrest.

There is no need to give the lawbreakers any warning. After all, they used subversive tactics to gain entry into the U.S. I'm sure Mexico wouldn't treat me so kindly if the situation were reversed.

Shame on us for allowing any illegal to break our laws and our inability to follow-up on an arrest.

Shirl Alberts

Schaumburg