Reply to Wall Street Journal article 15-MAY-08: Keep the Immigrants, deport the Multiculturalists

Why does your article show a photo of legal immigrants when it is about illegal immigration? Is it only natural that capitalist magazines such as the WSJ try to cloud such differences, and propose sacrificing law and nation for the sole motive of profiting from cheap labor?

My family legally emigrated from China, after years of paperwork. This country generously provided us a legal method of entry and citizenship, a path that is open to all, and that admits more immigrants than any other on Earth.

If I were a terrorist commander, I would know that I could bring hundreds of militants into this country illegally with no problem or need of outside supply, and that we could self-arm. Why does such infrastructure enabling this scenario even exist in these times of ‘war on terror’? Are we simply waiting for them to figure out this fact?

You seem also to be of the opinion that the length of time someone breaks the laws of this country somehow should factor into an equation of innocence. What lay people think of law and order is immaterial, for such slippery slope implies that if I get away with a crime long enough Im legal. May I argue in court that I have been selling dope, stealing, raping, or whatever long enough to warrant legality?

In the face of available and legal paths to citizenship, many elect instead to break the law. Children and families suffer, yes, just as those of American citizens suffer when their parents decide to break the law.

As for the American Indians, what happened to them is what happens when you do not protect your sovereignty and regulate immigration. Every sovereign nation on Earth, including those of Latin America, enforces its immigration laws. Ours are simply more open and admitting, and we do not need to be giving away citizenship to people who decide to circumvent them.

The definition of an American citizen is far more than what you seem to think it is, which to you is apparently any human being simply willing to work for a buck.