Which other laws do we plan to ignore?
I enjoyed reading Joe Kirby's column of questions for the President a couple Sundays back. Having just returned from my second trip to the U.S./Mexico border in Cochise County, Ariz., I have a few questions of my own for President Bush.
Cochise County is ground zero for the entry of illegal aliens into our nation. Just this past March, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 71,000 illegal aliens in the Tucson sector alone. I watched as they apprehended scores - in the daytime.
Here in Cobb County, I see no such apprehensions. In fact, it would seem that here where I live, it is not regarded as a crime to be illegal. Confusing, isn't it?
While the above figure represents a great many criminals, it pales when one learns that officially, that 71,000 represents one-third of the total illegal "crossers." A conversation with a brave but frustrated Tucson sector Border Patrol agent who was out of earshot of his supervisor revealed that the figure is closer to one-fifth of that month's batch of illegal aliens.
Even using the lower official figures, we see that each month at least 140,000 "undocumented workers" enter our republic. It is likely less than politically correct to note that we are required to provide medical treatment for these people. That's a law that is enforced.
A trip down Roswell Street or to any Cobb County middle school will demonstrate the final destination of many of these illegals - in two languages.
Illegal immigration has increased since 9/11. Georgia has one of the fastest-growing illegal alien populations in the country, and our total population is growing at twice the rate of nation as a whole.
If the president does stop by the MDJ offices, and Mr. Kirby is able to ask some questions, I hope that he will include mine as well.
Here are my questions for the president:
At what point in the route from our national border to Georgia do the illegals cease being illegal and begin to be regarded as victims, "just looking for a better life"? Fifty miles north of the border? A hundred? A thousand?
Are there more laws that we are going to ignore? Who decides which ones?
Do illegal aliens and their criminal employers somehow have more rights than law-abiding taxpayers?
How will we know when we have enough illegal aliens in our nation? How will we stop them then?
A "nation of laws," indeed.