WEBCommentary Contributor
Author: Barbara Anderson
Date: January 11, 2009
A Deadly Indifference
With the start of a new Congress the issue of amnesty arises, this time with more emphasis and a more likely chance that amnesty will be given.

Outraged citizens have so far blocked amnesty, at one point even burning up the wires of Congress, letting it know in no uncertain terms that no amnesty was acceptable, no way, no time. Now that representatives have been safely re-elected, however, the drumbeat for amnesty continues, this time with a Democrat majority that wants amnesty. Democrats know that those given amnesty will vote overwhelmingly for them, since they offer citizenship to those who are illegal aliens, and their families. Nobody knows just how many that may be, since nobody is allowed to inquire as to a questionable citizenship. Estimates run from twelve million to as high as twenty-five million.

Aside from the financial drain on society, this looking the other way has been deadly to some of our citizens. V.O.I.A.C. (Victims of Illegal Alien Crime) estimates that twenty-five people per day are killed by illegal aliens, those who should never have been here in the first place. V.O.I.A.C. also reminds us of the victims that paid the ultimate price, because the people we charge to protect us have not done so.

A few of these victims were outlined:

“On October 9, 2006, Amy Kortlang, 22, of Ramona, CA, was killed by Rafael Ramirez Perez, a drunk driving, illegal alien with four prior DUI convictions and who had been previously deported….â€