Thread: Confessions Of An Illegal Alien

Confessions Of An Illegal Alien

July 21, 2010
by John Myers



I believe Arizona’s Immigration Law S.B. 1070 is going to be damn effective. In fact I think it should be adopted across the United States. What special insight do I have into the matter? I used to be an illegal alien.

Twenty-seven years ago this month I was sitting at my desk in the Peyton Building in downtown Spokane, Wash., and I got a letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). I jerked it open and realized my worst fears. My work visa had not been extended.

Immigrating to the United States had been a disaster right from the start, even though it shouldn’t have been. My dad, C.V. was a U.S. citizen by right of his father being born in Oklahoma. At least that’s what the U.S. State Department said when they issued C.V. a U.S. passport.

Yet INS thought otherwise. They hadn’t forgotten that C.V. had sold gold to Americans when it was illegal for them to own it. INS wanted to deport him. It was a legal fight that would take a decade to resolve. In fact a U.S. Federal judge finally ruled in C.V.’s favor a few months after his death in 1990.

But on that day in 1983 the only thing that mattered was the letter on my desk; the letter that said I had to leave the U.S. or face deportation. It didn’t matter that I had paid my taxes, bought a house and that my wife and I had an American-born son.

Despite the fact my dad was ill I decided that I didn’t really have a choice. Better to move back under my own terms than to be roped-up like a criminal and be “escortedâ€

Wow. Its really interesting to see things a little from a different point of view. I wish more people could see it your way as well. I liked what you said about the AZ law not being racist, youre right. And we need more citizens who came from other countries to back up this law and show that it isnt about race. Thank you for posting this, it probably wasnt easy to put yourself out there like that and admit on this forum that you were once illegal.

Originally Posted by busybee

Wow. Its really interesting to see things a little from a different point of view. I wish more people could see it your way as well. I liked what you said about the AZ law not being racist, youre right. And we need more citizens who came from other countries to back up this law and show that it isnt about race. Thank you for posting this, it probably wasnt easy to put yourself out there like that and admit on this forum that you were once illegal.

he's not admiting he's illegal .. the post your reading has been copied ...

It has never been about race. It is about national security.

And as far as Obama is concerned, it's not about doing what's right for the country -- it's about trying to keep the Dems in power by winning the Hispanic community's votes. I hope the pro legal immigration folks get out en masse to vote when the next presidential election rolls around. I have a feeling his defeat will not be by a landslide.

obama does not care what happens to this country.
neither do alot of people who work for the federal government.
including those losers who call themselves congress men and women