Great Letter...a Must Read for everyone!!!

I just received a copy of this letter....it pretty well sums up my feeling regarding the immagration issue.

This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border
> patrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being
> spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible
representatives.



> Dear Senator Frist:
>
> There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about
> illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan
> and Honduran aliens.
>
> #1.
> Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are
> very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S.
citizen.
> Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their
> home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United
> States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government
> subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main
> attraction i s employment and their loyalty usually remains at home.
> They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans.
> What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without
> paying the price.
>
> #2.
> There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing
> jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families.
> Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence
> home, share expenses and send money to their home country. There are
> no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.
>
> #3.
> Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are
> NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home
> countries.
> They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more
> than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal
> aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this
> nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of
> detection and dep ortation.
> Those
> who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk
> on behalf of their children.
>
> #4.
> Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens
> constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages
> and benefits for lawful U.S. residents.
>
> #5.
> This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born
> Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded
> by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a
> nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time
> or another.
>
> #6.
> The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are

> not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants
> every year than the rest of the world combined.
>
> #7.
> There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white,
> brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans,
> Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Mar xists and Independents. The
> so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to
> get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.
>
> #8.
> Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have
> resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German
> Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War
> II Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico.
> During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to
> operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and
> applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught
> that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, new Mexico and Texas. If you
> don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their
> schoolchildren.
>
> #9.
> Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life,
> there are
> 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on
> less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse

> to break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one
> billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World
nation overnight.
> Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better

> life.
> I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the

> USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good
> reason to trash another nation?
>
> #10.
> There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are
> hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior

> citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take

> jobs at a decent wage.
>
> #11.
> It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting
> secure borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting
> people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for
> legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents?
> What is it about race that entitles peop le to violate our laws, steal

> identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price? For
> about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our
> borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These
> politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society

> has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be
> high. There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens
> and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a

> choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country
> and demanded the rights afforded to U.S. citizens or to offend those
> of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep

> either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do
> you have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow

> to the wants and needs of those who don't even have the right to
remain here?
> There
> will be a reckoning. It will come in November of this year, again in
> 2008 and yet again in 2010. We will not allow America to be stolen by
> third world agitators and thieves.
>
> David J. Stoddard
> U.S. Border Patrol (RET)
> Hereford, Arizona
>