A Dustin Inman Society supporter writes a Letter to the Editor, Cherokee Ledger News
December 10, 2008

Immigrant ordinance is needed

Dear Editor,

In 1995, the Bill Clinton-appointed chairwoman of the Commission on Immigration Reform was the late Barbara Jordan, D-Texas, the first African-American woman elected to Congress from the South. She testified to Congress on immigration reform nine years after the “one-time amnesty” that was to solve our illegal immigration crisis forever.

A presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Jordan was clear on what it would take to gain credibility on immigration policy: “Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave ….”

On the criminal employers who lure illegals into our republic, Jordan recommended mandatory verification of legal employment eligibility. “Employer sanctions can work,” she said.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and similar organizations submit that the only solutions to illegal immigration are amnesty and work toward open borders. Amnesty rewards illegal behavior and encourages increased illegal immigration. In 1986, “one-time amnesty” was provided to nearly three million illegal aliens. As of 2008, there are more than 20 million illegal aliens in our nation.

Open borders and allowing the free flow of illegal labor subverts US laws and devalues the sacrifice of over one million immigrants that become legal citizens each year.

As an African-American, I am encouraged by our nation’s diversity and the opportunities available, but, like most Americans, I demand that American jobs and American benefits go only to lawful residents.

In passing, and then enforcing, the badly needed proposed ordinance, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners will protect the Americans they have sworn to serve and enforce the laws they took an oath to uphold.

Inger Eberhart
Acworth

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