I was on a radio program last night and the subject was, what else, but illegal immigration. One of the announcers said that maybe we should start boycotting Wal-mart because of the way that they cater to the open borders crowd. I responded that I have no choice but to boycott Wal-mart because the few dollars that I have left must be saved for my family’s bills. We don’t have the luxury anymore of going out to eat or to simply buy a book or magazine. Hell, it is hard for me to find the gas money for my truck so I can go out to try to find work.
Work that isn’t there anymore, because the Hispanics’ have stolen most of it with the complicity of the employers’ that are so willing to give it to them. Can anybody possibly imagine the frustration I feel when a contractor uses no one but illegal competition to do their work? Can you feel my anger when I cannot get any more work from the 150 contractors’ I used to do work for? What about the helplessness I feel when my daughter asks me if she can have a toy, or just to go to MacDonald’s for a kids’ meal? I have never experienced this level of frustration and anger and helplessness.
But there are some things that I can depend upon, one is to be called a racist because of the position I find myself in. That is a given. Yes sir, I can always rely on people that don’t have the slightest idea of what is happening to demean me even further by calling me names. And the only thing I am trying to do is to save my business and support my family. I would like to take them with me one day while I am looking for work at all the jobsites. Maybe it would wake them up to see how many Hispanics are hard at work building houses, and hardly any Americans are around. Like me, it would make them think that they are in Mexico and not in America anymore. Just yesterday, my son comes by and asks if he can borrow the money for his car payment. I had to tell him no because I am three months behind on mine. I am two months behind on my house payments. In fact every bill I have is late.
And for all of this I have a few people to thank, my president for allowing so many people to break into my country and to use the excuse that they are here to do jobs that Americans’ will not do. I have Gov. Sanford and our state legislature to thank for closing their eyes to the problem. I would also like to thank Mayor Bob Coble of Columbia for his tireless efforts in reaching out to the local Hispanic community. Also Sheriffs’ Lott and Metz for their inability to enforce the laws they swore to uphold but aren’t doing. And for saying that most of the Hispanics’ in the Columbia area are legal. And last, but certainly not least I want to thank my infamous senator, Lindsey Graham for calling me a racist and a bigot and for his inaction on doing anything about the situation. To all of you I say, I hope and pray that this is the last term the citizens’ of this great state will allow you. In my book every one of you is worthless and useless.
And what do I get for my efforts to bring attention to my problem? I get arrested and jailed. I get treated like a common criminal and have the distinct privilege of being tried before a jury of my peers for the horrible crime of protesting being run out of business by illegal competition. Now do you wonder why I am so angry?