Those who oppose border security and enforcement of America's immigration laws bristle sharply whenever the term illegal, as in illegal aliens, is used to describe--well, illegal aliens.
Such people seek the psychological advantage of using the more politically correct "undocumented" when describing those whom have willfully violated our borders and are here unlawfully.
Advocates for illegal aliens tend to believe that invading this sovereign nation is less of a crime than being a "right wing extremist."
They would also like you to believe that the typical illegal alien is simply missing a non-vital piece of paper designed by some fat, white, Bible-thumping and toothless red neck to keep people of color out.
In fact, they will tell you that next to the Holocaust and slavery in the American South, the most dehumanizing and discriminatory practice in human history is the legal immigration process in the U.S.
However, there are plenty of good reasons why jumping through hoops and proving one's self before being admitted into the American family are perfectly valid and sound.
To begin with, those seeking to enter this nation legally, rather than by simply jumping a fence and heading north to the nearest welfare office, are subjected to a series of background checks to examine crime, health, financial, and social background. The objective is to protect American citizens from newcomers with a history of crime who might also become a financial or medical burden on society.
In other words, those aspiring to migrate to the U.S. legally are examined by medical professionals trained to detect maladies like the swine flu.
As it is, there are between 12 and 38 million illegal aliens residing in America, mostly from third-world nations.
Because all came here illegally, our government knows nothing about these people. Repeat NOTHING!
How many are carriers of TB or other diseases long ago eradicated here but still persistent in the third world? How many have criminal records, including violent crimes like rape and murder? How many are financially reckless and likely to become a burden on American taxpayers?
Most importantly today, how many are infected with swine flu?
The answers to these and other vital questions cannot be answered because a series of presidents and Congresses, from both political parties, have refused to enforce our immigration laws.
At this point, no one knows how devastating the Mexican swine flu will be.
One thing is a certainty, however: Politicians elected to uphold the laws of this nation had damn well better start doing just that, or this nation may not exist much longer!
John W. Lillpop
John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.
