Illegal immigration saps our resources

Letter to the Editor
Published: 3/7/2009 11:19 PM

Now that the economy has tanked, the federal government is mortgaging our children's future. The state is billions over budget and talking about raising taxes or drastically cutting services. Our local government is already laying off staff, cutting services and looking for new revenues. And even though you've lost thousands of dollars in your home value your real estate taxes won't be lowered.

What's my point? Think of the money that would be saved if we didn't have millions of illegal aliens to support by our tax dollars. Think of the jobs that would be available for our unemployed. Even the most liberal thinkers have to know this country can't continue to subsidize the world's poor.

Our seniors can't pay their medical and prescriptions expenses, thousands of our citizens have lost their jobs, many are losing their homes, many parents can't afford to give their children the basics and for many sending their children to college is now out of the question.

Yet illegals are shown how to get free medical care and food stamps and take millions of dollars in entitlements. The cost to educate the children of illegals is in the billions.

When do we start caring enough about our own and tell leaders enough is enough?

We need a voice. The Association for Legal Americans is offering you the opportunity to express your opinions. We are forming a coalition to bring together the communities in the area to demand ICE and our federal and state representatives meet with us and address our local illegal problems.

Please contact us and tell us how illegals affect your workplace, schools, neighborhoods, safety. We want to give you a voice to tell your concerns and show you care about our legal America's future.

David White

Elgin

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