Opinion

AP's immigration coverage unbalanced

Posted May 18, 2010 11:00 pm

The Daily Herald has published four Associated Press articles concerning the Arizona Illegal Immigration Bill but the articles missed covering the magnitude of problems caused by the illegal immigrants. They missed the costs of free health care and schools for the 460,000 illegals. They missed the drug war and the killing of law enforcement officials. They missed the murders and the costs of putting illegal immigrant criminal gang members in prison. They missed that Phoenix has the second most kidnappings in the world. They missed that the citizens felt unsafe and financially drained and that 64 percent approve of the bill. Why is it we can't get both sides of the issue from The Associated Press?

I know that by far most illegal immigrants are honest hardworking people but they are illegal. Just about all Americans would accept them if they came in legally.

Gene Kalley

St. Charles

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