Put U.S interests first on immigration
Recent action by the people of Arizona that aims to curb illegal immigration has stirred a baffling violent reaction among many. For decades, our federal government has failed to act vigorously to curb the flow of illegals into our country. Arizona's leaders have taken matters into their own hands; and I commend them for that.
The usual suspects condemn the action in Arizona as unfair, racist, and Nazi-like. What part of "illegal" do the detractors not get? The targets of the Arizona action are, first and foremost, lawbreakers. What's next? Are we to be expected to ignore robbers, rapists, car thieves, and the rest?
It's quite comical to observe our lawmakers at the state and federal levels advocating so publicly for lawbreakers.
Those who are sympathetic portray these individuals as simple, peaceful, and well-meaning people who sneak into the U.S. to find work so that they can support their families. No doubt this is true for or some.
However, it is an inconvenient truth that our nation's jails are filled with illegals whose behavior has not been so peaceful or well-meaning.
Three principal groups support illegal immigration. The Democratic Party views illegals as a group of victims who, if allowed to remain in the U.S. would become party supporters. Second, the Roman Catholic Church eyes illegals as pool of adherents that will bolster church membership and influence. And, third, there are the selected business interests that want cheap labor.
The problem is that the labor is not really cheap if one considers that the rest of society pays the non-wage costs of having illegals working in the country and, at the same time, sucking the life out of the nation's social services systems. It is time for the nation's interests to trump the partisan interests of the three groups I've mentioned.
Charles F. Falk
Schaumburg