Immigration issue is security, not race

To President Obama and all other politicians who have decided that white European Americans are bigots and paranoid racists: You are so wrong. What we are is concerned about our nation's security.

We all know that this land has evolved from the cultures of many. And for the most part, that evolution has occurred due to legal immigration.

Yes, we can all agree that we are a land of immigrants. And, yes, I think we can agree that we need the influx of the huddled masses yearning to be free. We're going to need someone to pay into social security and Medicare.

However, where we don't agree, is that the immigration should be illegal. The primary purpose of government is to protect the territorial boundaries that define this nation. If the government we elect cannot or will not secure our borders from potential terrorists, then they are not performing the job they were elected to do and should be held accountable.

American citizens, I think, welcome all who come to this land legally.

What does it take, another 9/11 for you to understand our concern is security - not the color of someone's skin.

President Obama if white American citizens are the racist, bigoted xenophobes you claim, you would not have been elected to two terms. Stop the divisiveness. Stop the demagoguery. Do the job you swear to do when you take your Constitutional oath of office.

Defend this nation by knowing who is entering our land.

Robert Clark

Wheeling