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ICE will bring the community together



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May 22, 2007

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Illegal immigration has to and would be solved if the federal government did its job as called for by the laws already in existence.
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Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and the general public who elected him just want him to execute the immigration laws exactly as they were written. Incidentally, some of the people who elected him come from the same race as do the illegal immigrants.

People are sick of sanctuary, so ease the transition treatment the city affords them. The greater public is sick of Swift & Co.'s poor attempts to hold to the law. If the Tribune favors going after criminals, then what's the problem?

Buck knows about identity theft and pursues it as the law requires. Concerning "racial profiling" it works like this: If joggers were being attacked and bitten by dogs in the early morning hours, the responsible authorities wouldn't be looking for cats in the afternoon. Profiling is based on history. They use this historical knowledge to arrest offenders. Immigration and Customs Enforcement won't split the community. It will improve the community because the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office will gain confidence that the law really works.

The illegal immigrants are not guest workers. They are unwanted guest criminals. Criminals because they did not enter the country as the law prescribes. There really is no way to control the borders. They will go under, over or around a wall. Now that North American Free Trade Agreement is allowing Mexican trucks to enter the country, illegal persons have another way to enter illegally. Strict enforcement is the best deterrent. Follow this up with certainty of punishment, not severity. Just certainty of punishment will go a long way to stop illegal persons from entering.

This country welcomes immigrants if they contribute to the good of all and get into the mainstream American culture. They need to diversify immediately by learning English -- speaking and writing English -- because it is the language of America. No other immigrant has had the majority public foot the bill for bilingual translators, telephone translators and literature.

If cultural diversity keeps being preached, the community will be fractured further. The ICE office will foster fear only in those persons who enter the country illegally. It will protect the rights and decency of all. The Tribune says "it will be criminal if the presence of an ICE office drives a greater wedge in the diverse population of Weld County." Do you think that the new Greeley police office will drive a greater wedge between the diverse people of Greeley because it is a modern, high-tech facility used to prevent crime and arrest those presumed guilty? I don't fear it, but if I robbed, stole or was an illegal person inside this country, I would be fearful.

The law sometimes is applied to individuals and sometimes to groups of people depending on the circumstances. Yes, arrests terrify children, harm families and are the decent solution Americans should expect. The law is the law. This applies to illegal immigrants, drug manufacturers, drug pushers and all other matters of crime. Their children, families and close friends cry, too. If they break the law, they should expect the consequences on an equal opportunity basis. No discrimination. That's why we have police stations and ICE offices so as not to offend.

Should we have not built a modern police building? ICE will bring the community together because we will all follow the law with no exceptions. This country welcomes law-abiding legal immigrants.

Marv Wirth lives in Greeley and is a member of the NRA, English First, Pro English, Minuteman Project, Defend Colorado, Americans for Immigration Control, Americans Against Illegal Immigration, Judicial Watch and Defend Border Security.