No sanctuary for illegal aliens
last updated: July 28, 2007 06:36:21 AM

I'm pleased the City Council said Modesto's no sanctuary city! Have you forgotten that three of the six terrorists that were planning a massacre at Fort Dix were hiding in a sanctuary city?

We are a nation of laws and legal residents live and abide by those laws. Anyone who enters this country illegally is a criminal. All illegals know this but willfully and purposefully enter into this country callously, knowing they've broken those laws. Then they want to be rewarded and protected from our overworked justice system. No amnesty, no way!

Let's look at the facts. Thirteen percent of the illegals entering this country are wanted criminals from other countries. Eleven percent of the inmates in our correctional institutions are illegal aliens. Twenty-two percent of the crimes committed in some border states are committed by illegal aliens. Thirty-nine percent of the marijuana used in this country walks across our southern border on the backs of your so-called illegal immigrants!

I dislike the the terms "illegal immigrants" and "undocumented residents" because it makes you believe they left their entry papers in their other pair of pants. Nothing could be further from the truth!

CRAIG COX

Modesto

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