The other day there was an editorial in one of my local papers written by someone who commended one of our State Senators for his common sense views on how to correct the illegal immigration problem in this state. The writer states that the Senator believes we should give legal status to the farm workers as they were hard working, contribute to the the economy, and blah, blah, blah. I was furious because I had believed that this Senator was on our side here. The comments after the editorial were of residents saying they wouldn't vote for this Senator on the 27th of this month because of his views on this issue. I, too, was angry and wrote a letter to him the night before last, telling him he wouldn't get my vote.

When I looked today, the Senator himself had put comments under the article, stating that these was not his views and he went on to say that he was even the author of a bill that would've stopped all this had it gotten to the floor for a vote this past session. A little bit ago, I got a phone call from this Senator, and he made his case with me. He said he has been actively working to stop all illegal immigration into Idaho and was not for amnesty of any kind. Apparently this article was a ploy to prevent my Senator from getting re-elected.

We talked for a while about all the problems illegal aliens were causing for Idaho. When I mentioned to him that there was one county jail here that had 73 illegal aliens on immigration hold, he told me he knew about that. He said he has talked to the sheriff at that jail, and the sheriff said ICE has refused to come get them.

I'm furious over this and don't know what steps to take now, because more than likely these criminals will be released back out onto our streets.