As I have stated on many occasions with my opinions in the Manassas Journal Messenger, legal immigrants continue to champion the rights of those that are illegally in the country.
Take for instance the opinion of Laura Perez. Ms. Perez thinks the county’s budget shortfalls are due to the crack down on illegal immigration.
They always like to conclude that the immigration system is broken, thus people have a right to come here illegally. Immigration to the United States is not based on luck. The Hispanic community feels that if people are lucky enough to land in the United States by circumventing the law, they should be allowed to stay.
They love to use the word fairness, but how fair is it for those who have to wait in line for years to come to the U.S.? I can tell you first-hand that the City of Manassas lost many of its tax-paying professionals, who moved to Culpeper and Winchester to get away from the mess created by illegal immigration. They were tired of seeing multiple families moving into their neighborhoods to create worker dorms. They were tired of reading about the gang violence that had proliferated in the area.
They were tired of going to Manassas Mall and seeing all the gang bangers in white t-shirts hanging around. And how about Mr. Freddy Lopez who lived in my neighborhood? He was recently convicted of immigration fraud for helping illegal immigrants with defrauding the federal government.
He was a legal immigrant who was given the chance for the American dream only to become a criminal. You can not deny the recent numbers that were released by the Prince William County Police Department. Over 400 criminal aliens in our county have been deported or are waiting deportation. In the past, they would have been re-released into our community.
I’m sure the open borders crowd will find some way to spin that story.
DAVE WALTERS
Manassas
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