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Our Opinion: Forty Fort councilman with felony should resign from post

Kingston council discusses roadwork, parking, condemned property

<p>President Barack Obama&#8217;s comparison of illegal immigrants to European immigrants of the past was ridiculous.</p><p>Most of our ancestors came to the U.S. legally. They worked hard, assimilated, learned to speak English, and did not collect welfare.</p><p>Illegal immigrants of today cross our border knowing they are breaking the law. They do not assimilate, nor do they attempt to learn our language. They obtain employment through contracts for corrupt employers, and they are not only picking tomatoes. They are taking jobs in construction, manufacturing and the service industry &#8211; jobs that would pay a decent wage to American workers. They receive free medical care, food, housing and education, at the cost of hundreds of millions of tax dollars.</p><p>We pay for illegal immigration, not only with money, but with unemployment and the fear of crime and terrorism.</p><p>Donald Trump was correct when he said, &#8220;They are sending us their rapists, murderers and drug dealers.&#8221; Fidel Castro did the same thing when he emptied his prisons and mental institutions, then had all the criminals and undesirables sent to the U.S.</p><p>I don&#8217;t believe a wall is feasible or necessary. We should just expand, amend and enforce the laws that already are written.</p><p>Employers should receive more severe penalties for hiring illegal immigrants. There should be no welfare afforded to illegal immigrants. The &#8220;anchor baby&#8221; law should be amended to state that a child is automatically an American citizen only if the child is born to a woman who is in the U.S. legally. Our stupid &#8220;catch-and-release&#8221; policy at the border should be replaced by one that imposes serious penalties for crossings.</p><p>Our culture, sovereignty and security are being sacrificed for political gain, and time is slipping away.</p><p><strong>Dale Ondish</strong></p><p>Shavertown</p><style>
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Letter to the Editor: Forget about building a wall; just fix U.S. immigration laws