Posted by
Playful Walrus on Friday, May 11, 2007 12:43:19 PM
Gloria Schrock of West Convina writes to the Pasadena Star-News that some Americans of Mexican descent strongly oppose what illegal aliens are doing to America. It may come as a shock to anyone who thinks that all Latinos and Hispanics strongly support the socialist illegal alien political agenda.
First, Save Our State, Minutemen and other anti-illegal immigration groups are not racist. I know because I am a member of such a group called ALI-PAC (Americans for Legal Immigration), and I am Hispanic. I can understand why he would think we are racists. While I drove by the demonstration in Baldwin Park, I had a flyer thrown into my car spewing un-true racist propaganda against these groups.
The truth is, we don't like seeing what illegal immigration is doing to our communities, our schools, our health system, our judicial system and our state. We don't like paying for the living expenses of illegal immigrants.
You're probably saying they work hard and contribute to our society, but the truth is they don't pay enough into the system compared to what they take out. Our hospitals are crowded with the uninsured. Our schools have special, expensive programs to help non-English speaking children. Our jails are filled with drug dealers, gang members, rapists and murderers that are illegal immigrants. I can almost guarantee that if all these illegal immigrants paid their fair share of taxes, purchased their own car and health insurance, paid for their children to learn English and respected our laws, we wouldn't be having this problem.
What I don't understand is why they think we should pay their way for a better life? Why do they think they can come here demanding citizenship or anything else for that matter? Why do they think our laws should change to accommodate them?
It may come as a shock to people who don't live in the southwest, but illegal aliens really do have a huge impact on life here, and there are "leaders", politicians, and college professors who openly call for the southwestern states to be "reclaimed" by "La Raza", waving Mexican flags and even removing the U.S. flag.
As my grandfather used to say: "Viva Mexico? What did Mexico ever do for me?" Wise words from a legal immigrant.