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HAVE YOU WONDERED WHY SOME MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT “UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS”?

Because there is a cost to illegal immigration, and it’s not just in the downward pressure on pay for unskilled (and skilled) workers.

Everyone who knew paramedic Ryan Ostendorf agreed that he had a tremendously promising life ahead, as a cardiologist and married to his long-time girlfriend, Meagan Kennedy. But that future is not to be, because a previously deported drunk-driving illegal alien crashed head-on into Ryan’s Jeep Cherokee and killed him….Anzua-Torres had a blood-alcohol level of 0.26 percent, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08, authorities said. He had no driver¹s license, had a prior drunken-driving arrest and had been deported as an illegal immigrant once before. [Drunken driver gets 13 years for fatal wreck, Lawrence Journal-World, 6/30/06]....Prosecutor Karen Wittman noted that Anzua-Torres insisted on driving to show how “bad” he was even though he was very drunk and a friend offered to drive. (Driving while drunk is believed by many hispanics to show macho attributes—a reason why they are hugely overrepresented in drunk driving crashes.)

Thirteen years…....

Unassimilated people from an alien culture represent a very real threat. This story is not anomalous - and the problem is large and growing, as documented in the website IMMIGRATION’S HUMAN COST.

There is a significant fraction of our Congress, supported by the President, who wish to provide an amnesty for the estimated 13 million illegals currently in the country. This would be a disaster of major proportions—at least until we get reasonable control of our borders. Giving citizenship to those who have flouted our laws just to be here, who have stolen Social Security numbers in order to work here, who take advantage of the blessings of this country without bothering to follow the rules for coming and staying, is simply an open invitation to millions of other people who would prefer to live here than where they are now. Reagan signed an amnesty bill (for 3-4 million people) with the agreement of Congress that the border would be effectively patrolled—we got the amnesty, but the border has remained open. It’s a bipartisan problem, and one that only pressure from the electorate can fix.

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