Posted by
Dave on Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:36:43 PM
Forced to stay
Comment to an article in the News and Observer titled Forced to stay, our local paper here in North Carolina.
You said you moved from California! Why did you move from California? Is it because of all the illegal immigrants, HIGH crime rates and the HIGH taxes? Now I do agree with you that our immigration system stinks. I believe that we do need a guess workers program that would allow temporary workers to come to this country. But, I do stress the word TEMPORARY. I also believe there should not be a road to citizenship, or should they be allowed to participate in our social security system. Also, since they are temporary workers their children born here should not be automatic United States citizens. Yes, if we feel there is a problem we should write our representatives and not take it out on those here illegally. But, isn’t there a big immigration problem and isn’t California on the verge of bankruptcy in part because of that problem? So we should do as California has done and bankrupt North Carolina also? I don’t think so.
This is the problem with you big liberals from the West Coast, New York and the other big liberal states. You failed there with your policies and now you have run away from that failure leaving someone else to clean up your mess and want to do the same thing here. Then when you fail here you will run away again and leave us to clean up your mess.
I deal with immigrants every day and I do not ask if they are legal or illegal because they have come to me to spend their money. I deal with Arabs, Russians, Orientals, and yes Spanish speaking. But as far as these being good people, yes most are but remember that some of them are here illegally and broke our law. Also, remember that if they tried to learn English that maybe there would not be so much resentment. I have found that when ever immigrants from no matter where they come from attempts to speak English they are received warmly but when they refuse to at lest try they are not. I found this the same when I was stationed in Germany, those of us who attempted to learn German were accepted by the German people and they went out of their way to help us. But, those who did not try found it difficult when they left the base. Just as those immigrants here legal or illegal who do not try to learn English.
One more thing they are not forced to stay, they can leave anytime they want.
Thank You
David G. Speckhardt Sr.