I am a Dean Democrat (and a long-time Kossack) opposed to permitting illegal aliens to access and reside in the United States.
I have joined the Minuteman Project.
I support this non-partisan effort to secure our borders and use our national resources, our healthcare resources and our economy to support American citizen workers.
Pandering to the Hispanic/Latino community and other blocks of "cheap labor vote" will not help those of us in this nation who are poor...who want jobs...who want to earn a decent wage...who want to preserve an American heritage to pass on to our descendants (not a Mexican one)...and who want to keep illicit drugs, gangs, foreign political parties and terrorist groups off our soil.
One can be a Kossack and still have a spine for national security. I encourage this community to welcome the Minuteman project as a wonderful demonstration of the power of the citizenry to organize for the protection of America's cherished values.
I have submitted the appended correspondence to both Republicans and Democrats.
TO:
President Bush
Vice-President Dick Cheney
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Dear Mr. President, Mr. Vice-President, Members of the House and Senate, and Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have submitted the following letter-to-the-editor to the Chicago Tribune, regarding the issue of illegal aliens and South-of-the-Border immigration.
I am a registered and active Democrat. I will consider leaving the Democratic Party if it continues to sell out our nation to the Mexicans. I will only support such Republicans and Democrats as will support the strong measures of the Sensenbrenner bill.
I am a Democrat who opposes any form of amnesty or expedited citizenship or voting rights for any illegal alien who has invaded our nation. I oppose the actions of any foreign political party on our American soil. I support placing the National Guard and/or U.S. troops on our southern border, and I support the construction of a strong barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. Both Democrats and Republicans need to grow a spine on this issue.
Regards,
XXXX
Dear Editor:
Timothy McNulty correctly notes that the Chicago Tribune often fails to focus on the problems created by immigration. I grimace, however, at his comment that critics, "...rarely produce the citizen who is out of work."
I offer you myself as an example of an unemployed 39-year-old female. I have an 18-year-old daughter who I am struggling to put through college. I have an 80-year-old father who is a victim of a massive stroke that left him with dementia. My own income is
$700 a month of Social Security Disability Insurance. I am trying to return to the workplace after recovering from a disabling condition that put me out of work for 10 years.
Despite the fact that I possess a college degree in a scientific field, I find myself now competing against the massive influx of South-of-the-Border invaders for entry-level positions. My disability and the extended interruption of my work history force me to start back down at the bottom of the employment ladder.
How can I pay back $40,000 in student loans if employers prefer to hire illiterate, non-English-speaking hispanics rather than me, a white, middle-aged woman with an old bachelor's degree, who was compelled to take extended time away from employment to recover from injury and raise a family?
Why should I be forced to see imported Mexican labor work on the streets of our Illinois cities and villages, when I, an American citizen, am quite capable of performing such work?
I have joined the Minuteman Project because the women citizens of this nation, as well as our disabled citizens, our young citizens and our elderly citizens, are being blocked from entry (or re-entry) into the workforce by the flood of dirt-cheap labor on our streets.
I am happy to interview with your writers and editors at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
XXXX