LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
- AUGUST 9, 2010
Young Illegals Show Disdain for
the Rule of U.S. Law
We have reached a nadir of respect for law and order when 36 senators sponsor the “Dream Act,” and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will not act to deport the young illegals who demonstrated in Washington on July 20.
These young illegal immigrants will likely claim that their family came here to escape the evils that a lawless society and corrupt government spawn. Yet they want preferential treatment and hope that laws will not be enforced. Isn’t this the type of corruption and lawlessness that they escaped?
The “Dream Act” enables people who are illegally in a state to pay the in-state college tuition rate. For every illegal immigrant who gains a state college seat, the child of a taxpaying citizen will lose the opportunity to enroll in that college. No law prevents illegal immigrants from entering college, but they should not be rewarded with lower tuitions and state-supported scholarships.
The rights of Illegal immigrants should not come before the rights of American citizens.
I take strong exception to Mr. Levin’s statement that if the ICE came down hard by deporting the students, “. . . it would risk drawing overwhelming public outcry.” To the contrary, I and many others believe that ICE should vigorously enforce our laws and begin deportation proceedings against those arrested. In my opinion the majority of the American public would strongly support such measures.
There seems to be much more outrage and “public outcry” when our laws are flagrantly flaunted and no action is taken by governmental agencies and politicians. Furthermore, our law-abiding citizens are perplexed and annoyed when our government caves in to “international backlash” regarding Eric Balderas’s deportation proceedings, whereas the ICE “. . . backed down, halting Mr. Balderas’s deportation indefinitely.”
When are we going to start upholding our own laws and not be so sympathetic with other countries’ viewpoints, à la President Felipe Calderon of Mexico? The American public at large is sick and tired of law enforcement personnel, bureaucrats and politicians who take an oath to uphold the Constitution and our laws, and then do absolutely nothing to implement the law; read sanctuary cities.
If enforcement of immigration laws is optional, shouldn’t the government also make tax payments optional on the same grounds? On compassionate grounds, shouldn’t the government also exempt families that are barely making ends meet from paying income and Social Security taxes?
