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    TX: Dealing with immigration (letters to editor)

    This is the response from readers to a Jan.12th editorial about "immigration reform" where the Star-Telegram came out decidedly in favor of "comprehensive" reform:

    Posted on Sat, Jan. 20, 2007

    Star-Telegram

    Dealing with immigration

    I was greatly saddened to read that the Star-Telegram supports illegal-immigration reform.

    Illegal is illegal, no matter how you try to change the wording. U.S. citizens will not stand for such deplorable illegal behavior.

    Illegals, at best, are a nuisance to this country. Their nuisances will not continue to be tolerated.

    Sharon Smith, Fort Worth

    Your Jan. 12 editorial ("Fence folly") opined that the border fence authorized by the 109th Congress is a folly and too expensive, and that a "comprehensive" solution to illegal immigration is needed.

    On Monday, you criticized bills filed by legislators to make Texas less attractive to illegal aliens and protect our sovereignty, and you again called for a "comprehensive" solution.

    At a total cost of $49 billion over 25 years, the fence is too expensive and won't work, you said. First, that estimate is from a pro-illegal-immigrant group; other estimates are much lower. Next, the $2 billion-per-year cost is peanuts -- California alone pays much more than that in education, healthcare and criminal justice costs for illegal aliens.

    Also, how do you know it won't work? It's working in places where it's been tried on a limited basis.

    Further, the proposed "comprehensive solutions" are amnesty proposals. They're like letting bank robbers pay a fine, promise not to rob any more banks and then get to keep the loot. The loot for illegal invaders is residency. Giving them citizenship is like letting them keep the loot and get a reward besides.

    Here's my "comprehensive solution":

    Build the fence along all 1,951 miles of the border.

    Create a national ID card without which one cannot open a bank account, get a job, go to school, buy a house, vote or get any kind of government services.

    Fine employers of illegals and send repeat offenders to jail.

    Speed up the process of legal entry attuned to the needs of the economy, and ensure that new immigrants come from more than 1,000 miles away so they'll be more inclined to assimilate and become Americans.

    Make English the official language of the United States.

    Let no one who has illegally entered our country ever become a citizen.

    Let's take our country back.

    Daniel O'Connor, Euless

    Your Jan. 12 editorial claimed that a border fence is a poor idea because it would cost too much and be "an offensive, xenophobic affront to Mexico and other Latin nations to the south."

    Let's address the cost: $49 billion over 25 years amounts to $1.96 billion each year. According to an April 2005 report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, illegal aliens cost Texas alone $4.7 billion each year for education, medical care and incarceration. A November 2004 report by the same organization estimated that California pays a whopping $8.8 billion annually to support illegal aliens. Indeed, the annual net cost of illegal immigrants to Americans is at least $20 billion, according to FAIR.

    You stated that a fence would be "an offensive, xenophobic affront," as if this were somehow a greater issue than protecting Americans from those who would do us harm. Is Mexico providing GPS locators and how-to pamphlets to would-be illegals not offensive to you?

    Mike Evans, Euless

    As author of House Bill 38 (mentioned in your Monday story about illegal immigration bills filed this session, "Lawmakers pitch variety of solutions"), I don't understand why the reporter didn't mention that the federal government requires private employers to check for legal eligibility status to hire someone.

    My bill simply requires applicants for a license from the state or a political subdivision to be in this country legally as well. Am I missing something in asking for this standard to be in state law?

    State Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton

    Make English our official language, and let's not forget to do away with all those signs in Spanish.

    You don't see signs in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, German, French, Russia, etc. You expect people of diverse nationalities to speak and read English. Make Spanish-speaking people do the same.

    There's nothing wrong with teaching your kids your language and culture on the side, but don't push it down our throats. And let's not forget about bilingual schoolteachers. They're hurting the kids in the long run by not teaching them English and making them speak English in school.

    It's funny that English is the second language in other countries.

    Cheers to Farmers Branch for stepping up to the plate. May the rest of the people of the United States do the same.

    John C. Magbuhat, Fort Worth
    Woohooo, take that Star-Telegram editorial staff! This was the best part of my paper this morning.

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    Sounds as though we have some clear thinking and articulate folks on our side! Very encouraging!

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