Dear Governor Herbert,
It’s too bad that the illegal immigration has come to this: a list of suspected illegal aliens in our country.
But we all knew it was coming sooner or later. That’s what happens when our own government does not enforce the laws they make. And when we have Chief of Police Burbank and Attorney General Shurtleff balk at enforcing immigration laws. Citizens become frustrated and take the law into their own hands.
Which laws can I start ignoring? I don’t think I should have to pay taxes. After all, I just need that money to feed my family. Really, I just want to earn a good living for my family…just like the people who come to America illegally—just to get a decent job to take care of their family. And taxes continue to take away money from my family to provide for their needs.
If you prosecute the people responsible for distributing that list and NOT the illegal aliens in this country, then you will be supporting a “double standard.”
It’s really an easy solution on all sides. Enforce the laws of the land. That means ALL aliens who come to the U.S. through the back door.
Solutions? Require ten years in the military to demonstrate their love of the U.S. and their desire to keep her safe for their posterity for those in the country already. Yes, require them to learn English. My grandparents came here at their own expense from Sweden , through the FRONT door, made their own money—took no handouts from the government and have created a legacy for our family. In fact, the Governor of Idaho recently awarded the Erickson family in Archer , Idaho , for continuously farming land and in the same family for more than 100 years. When my mom asked her dad why he didn’t speak Swedish, he said, “Because I’m an American now. I speak English.”
We’ll see how much undocumented immigrants really love this country when they no longer receive free health care and education. To add insult to injury, these illegal aliens send back the majority of the money they make here to their families when the U.S. needs the money to stimulate its economy.
Oh, I could go on and on about the diseases, gangs, kidnappings, rapes, murders, that illegal aliens, undocumented immigrants, foreign nationals, undocumented democrats J -- whatever you want to call them -- are committing on U.S. citizens. That’s why Arizona finally said, “Enough.” I hope that you won’t cave in to those who like to label as “racists” anyone who wants people to come to the greatest country that has ever existed in the history of mankind, the blessed United States of America , through the “front door,” not the “back door.” That’s all it is. You should know by now that when someone EARNS the privilege of owning something, they will respect it and take care of it. That’s all we want. We welcome all nations to come and partake of the sweetness of what’s left of our liberties, but they must EARN the privilege.
Sincerely,
Janalee Tobias