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When will we try to stop illegal immigration?
By Enterprise Reader
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Disturbing trends among certain immigrants have inspired me to write down my thoughts on the matter.

There are those who refuse to learn English, as everyone else had to do. If someone is unable to learn the language, it's being responsible to bring one's own interpreter to assist.

Others work illegally and pay no taxes, thereby contributing nothing to this country but rather taking away from it. Most disturbingly, is when the illegal couple have children while they're here, and are automatically provided benefits for which they have no legal standing. This type of erroneous leniency must stop, and the laws enforced, not ignored as if they don't even exist.

Any country should not be held hostage by the words/deeds of any ethnic group, legal or otherwise. We help when needed, within the framework of the country's laws. If the laws seem restrictive or unjust, we work through the legal process to change them. Otherwise, we all need to follow them.

If we arrive as guests, let us be good guests and make neither threats nor demands. If we apply and become citizens, our loyalty is now to our new home country as we swore.

Virginia Paguirigan-Sasser, Beaumont



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