My letter to the editor published in today’s Chattanooga Times Free Press. The Times Free Press also ran a correction on the same story Wednesday, which I paste below the LTE.

Original news report HERE

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( Dustin Inman) Society supports legal immigration
http://epaper.timesfreepress.com/Daily/skins/Chattanooga/

While American workers watch as wages go down and our job market shrinks along with our state and local government’s budgets, the topic of your recent report — use of the no-cost and dependable E-Verify system to ensure that American jobs are not going to illegal aliens — seems like a no-brainer.

In the (Monday) report, the Times Free Press described the Dustin Inman Society as being “anti-immigration” and those who defend illegal immigration and oppose use of the E-Verify system as “immigrant advocates.”

Let’s be clear: Real “immigrants” join the American family lawfully. Illegal aliens — and their handlers — laugh at our borders and the American laws they deem unproductive to their search for “better life.”

Associating one with the other is the real immigrant bashing.

The Dustin Inman Society supports reduced levels of reasonable and sustainable levels of lawful and controlled immigration that benefits our nation. We proudly demand secure American borders and actively oppose the organized crime of illegal immigration and illegal employment.

We are proud to enjoy the support of countless real, legal immigrants of all backgrounds and ethnicities.

A foolproof method of understanding an important difference: Immigrants don’t require a repeat of the failed 1986 amnesty. Only illegal aliens have that self-inflicted problem.

D.A. KING
President and founder
Dustin Inman Society
Marietta, Ga.

Wednesday’s Times Free Press correction:
http://epaper.timesfreepress.com/Daily/skins/Chattanooga/

CORRECTIONS

D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society in Marietta, Ga., said his group is against illegal immigration but is not anti-immigration as the Times Free Press reported Monday in a Page A1 story about the federal E-Verify program.

We thank the Times Free Press for the adherence to accurate and balanced journalism.