Mr. Pineda continues to rant about a lot of issues and topics most of which are not related to today’s illegal alien situation.
His previous letters about the Alamo, Compromise of 1850, etc., were a nice walk through the writer’s eyes for history, as is most writers of history, but not relative. He continues to state that illegals are better workers than native-born Americans, naturalized Americans and legal immigrants. If illegals are such exceptional workers, why don’t their respective home countries recognize those skills and work dedication and make every effort to keep them home and build their middle class and infrastructure?
Or is it that the countries would rather have the money they send home?
It is absurd to believe, and make a statement, that those against illegal aliens blame children of immigrants (notice he did not use illegal here) for America’s problems.
Since I am a first-generation American, I guess I was blamed for America’s problems as I was growing up.
His assertion that assimilation will never be achieved without some kind of amnesty is also off the mark.
Assimilation applies to all legal immigrants who came to this country to start a new life and very possibly become citizens.
They, by following the legal process, demonstrate a respect for the laws of their new country, which is a very good assimilation start-point. Assimilation has nothing to do with the wholesale acceptance of illegals.
However, the most telling aspect of Mr. Pineda’s mindset is his comments regarding the police department. His comments that it should not be difficult for the police to identify an illegal, that they continue to harass illegals and that they invade homes without proper warrants, demand factual proof.
These statements are extremely inflammatory and do nothing but cause what Mr. Pineda and others state is a problem — inflammatory and unfounded rhetoric.
JOE ANGSTEN
Manassas
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