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One Reporter's Opinion — Pedro Go Home! George Putnam
It is this reporter's opinion that the same group that has tried and failed repeatedly to shove through a guest-worker amnesty program are at it again. Sens. Ted Kennedy, John McCain, Harry Reid, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and the Bush cabal backed by his appointees Michael Chertoff (secretary of Homeland Security), Carlos M. Gutierrez (secretary Of Commerce), and the attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, are determined to reward our estimated 12 to 15 million illegal aliens with an amnesty program allowing them to take American jobs and become U.S. citizens. They would entice millions more foreign-born workers to illegally enter our nation, crowd housing and schools, take our jobs, and depress wages. They would double legal immigration, raising it from 1 million annually to 2 million per year. Not to mention the ripple effect that ensues: the scores of relatives, the 380,000 anchor babies annually who receive instant citizenship, and the welfare that goes with it. If Kennedy gets his way, he would guarantee amnesty to an additional 100 million, at least 67 million of them immigrants from Third-World countries by the year 2040. These immigration bill now before Congress would have some of the most serious consequences for the future of our country. Yet it is not being discussed seriously by most politicians or much of the media. Story Continues Below
This legislation would bring about the most dramatic change in immigration law in the past 100 years. Its overall impact would rival such historic milestones as the creation of Social Security or Medicare. Surely Kennedy, McCain, and the Bush cabal cannot be serious about a guest-worker amnesty program that, along with all its other problems, would provide other opportunities for terrorists and criminals to secure official identity documents in false names and wreak havoc upon us. The guest-worker program is the worst possible way of dealing with our immigration crisis. It would imperil our safety and encourage more illegal immigration. The amnesty of 1986 should provide a lesson. It resulted in the greatest input of illegal aliens in the history of our nation. Is this the way in which Bush, Kennedy, and McCain and company wish to be remembered? On a lighter note, perhaps there is still hope. There appears to be a new alignment with the abandoned wives and mothers of Mexico whose husbands have abandoned them. One of these is Maria Lopez who calls out to her husband Pedro. Maria says, "Pedro, you said you were going to the United States to make money so we could buy a house. We haven't heard from you. "The children and I miss you. We are barely able to eat. You didn't even come home for your sister's wedding and now we hear you have found a new woman. "Pedro, don't do this to us! We still love you. Come home." Maria, you have a great idea for all of us. It is time for all of us to echo your thoughts by contacting our senators and congressmen. Pedro, go home! Editor's note: Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
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