Don't reward lawbreakers with U.S. citizenship

While the debates rage about America's involvement in Iraq, the Senate has focused on a new issue, granting amnesty to 12 million in the U.S. illegally. Apparently, Sen. Larry Craig has been hearing demands for amnesty for lawbreakers because he applauds Sen. Ted Kennedy's amnesty proposal. If you support rewarding lawbreakers, call Craig and thank him for listening. If you aren't one of the few rich businessmen who wanted this, and are upset by his stance like me, take a moment to call his offices at (202) 224-2752 in Washington, D.C., or (208) 667-6130 in Coeur d'Alene.

Why should we reward 12 million lawbreakers? If we need 12 million new Americans, I'm sure we can find 12 million law-abiding people outside our country willing to come here legally. If it's too difficult to enforce our laws and send 12 million illegals home, how does the government manage to enforce the tax laws on an even larger 280 million people? If we have so many jobs that Americans won't do, why haven't the wages for those jobs gone up, which is they key indicator of a lack of supply in a true free market? It seems it's a lack of Americans willing to do a job for the ridiculous wages being offered, wages kept low because of the availability of illegal labour.

Please contact Larry Craig and let him know how you feel. It is not racist to want enforcement of our laws. We have the right to decide who and how many house guests we have in our homes, and we have a right to decide who and how many new immigrants we have to this country, and a right to say that those new immigrants should not be law breakers.

ARAGON MILLER

Sagle