>>Let's say I break into your house
>>
>>A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials
>>in ages!!! It explains things better than all
>>the baloney you hear on TV.
>>
>>Her point:
>>
>>Recently large demonstrations have taken place
>>across the country protesting the fact that Congress
>>is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
>>
>>Certain people are angry that
>>the US might protect its own
>>borders, might make it harder
>>to sneak into this country and,
>>once here, to stay indefinitely.
>>Let me see if I correctly understand
>>the thinking behind these protests.
>>Let's say I break into your house.
>>Let's say that when you discover
>>me in your house, you insist that I leave.
>>But I say, "I've made all
>>the beds and washed the
>>dishes and did the laundry
>>and swept the floors. I've
>>done all the things you don't
>>like to do. I'm hard-working
>>and honest
>>(except for when I broke into your house).
>>
>>According to the protesters:
>>You are Required to let me stay in your house
>>You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
>>You are Required to Educate my kids
>>You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family
>>(my husband will do all of your yard work because
>>he is also hard-working and honest, except for that
>>breaking in part).
>>
>>
>>If you try to call the police or force me out,
>>I will call my friends who will picket your
>>house carrying signs that proclaim my
>>RIGHT to be there.
>>
>>
>>It's only fair, after all, because you have
>>a nicer house than I do, and I'm just
>>trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working
>>and honest, person, except for well,
>>you know, I did break into your house
>>And what a deal it is for me!!!
>>
>>
>>I live in your house, contributing only a
>>fraction of the cost of my keep, and
>>there is nothing you can do about it
>>without being accused of cold,
>>
>>uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and
>>bigoted behavior.
>>
>>
>>Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn
>>MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can
>>communicate with me.
>>
>>
>>Why can't people see how ridiculous
>>this is?! Only in America .
>>if you agree, pass it on (in English).
>>Share it if you see the value of it.
>>
>>If not blow it off.........
>>along with your future Social Security
>>funds, and a lot of other things

The analogy presented is truly a model for what is actually happening to this country. Everytime I read about these protests I think about the military men and women who have fought for this country though generations. I think about them putting themselves in harms way to preserve the American way of life. It is, or at least was, a unique way of life. I consider myself somewhat knowledgable of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. I never recall reading that America was required to accept illegal immigrants with open arms.

The recent Immigration Bill died in the U.S. Senate. Just as well since it did not address the real problem, that being it did nothing to relieve the pressure of the illegals already here. Regardless of what he liberals are saying, the illegals are a drain on State budgets and the health care system.

I don't have a clue how this will resolve itself but If the average citizen doesn't at least notify there leaders that they are no longer going to stand for the status quo then nothing will ever change.

Scott

I was really surprised to hear the news that the Immigration bill was defeated in the senate. That bill would have cost the taxpayers 7 trillion dollars and in my opinion was a slap in the face to immigrants like my wife that came here legal.

My wife came here from the Philippines in 2002. Counting the cost of her visa to get out of the Philippines and all the filing fees for Homeland Security forms here, we have spent over $3000. It has been a very frustrating experience dealing with  the Homeland Security bureaucracy. We did everything by the book and she still hadn't received her green card after 4 years. I finally got my congressman involved and it's hard to believe what he found out. Her green card had been mailed out 3 years earlier, only to be returned to the Texas Service Center as "undeliverable" and it was destroyed. I've been at the same address since 1985...go figure. I guess all is well that ends well, since she has now filed for her citizenship before that fee goes up to $600 in July.

Here's another opinion someone emailed me:

Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq. Tell him if he wants to come to America he must serve a tour in the military. Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.
After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot.

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.

Don't think it only happens in America!

I VOTE CARLIN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!

The real crime is the idiots in Washington keep trying to create a way to reward the Illegals, our Politicians forget that we don't need any new laws, all they have to do is enforce the ones already on the books.

Have you ever walked around in Mexico? In the Phillipines?  --  I mean when you were sober and not stumbling from one bar in Cancun to another. 

Hmmm....I don't consider being born in Texas, USA an accident...my ancestry goes back to the founding fathers of this country.
I also, have never served in any military branch.

I have no desire to go to Mexico, or anywhere else. If I want to see how "bad" people from Mexico live, all I have to do is drive down the street, and try to not run over the trash, mostly beer cans/bottles/cases they throw in the street, and dodge bullets, and their small children that they allow to wander out in the street.
I am expected to live by the laws of this state, and the country...why are illegals not expected to do the same?
If I kill a cop...I get the death sentence.
If an illegal kills a cop(and they do here almost DAILY), they may get deported, and allowed to return with no fear of punishment.
Does it suck that the living conditions of other countries may not be a decent as they are in America? Sure, but that's not an valid excuse to be lawless in this country. The lifestyle they are supposedly trying to get away from, they carry on here...it's just that I have to pay for it, while they send their money back to the country they don't like...

my "rant" is over...