AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dear Mr. President

I am a Conservative Republican. I supported you in 2000, I supported you in 2004. I supported your policies in Afghanistan and Iraq. I supported two of your three candidates for the Supreme Court, although the truth is, the Jury - so to speak - is still out on those choices.

I cannot and will not support your current policy regarding ILLEGAL aliens or Immigration. I refer particularly to your remarks Thursday June 1st, 2006 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Specifically when you said; "I urge our fellow citizens to understand that harsh language, unnecessary politics sends the wrong message about who we are in this nation."

Mr. President, I urge you to understand that the people of this nation want some harsh language (and immediate action) in respect to the massive ILLEGAL migration that is taking place Northward across our Southern border. We want it stopped. NOW! It is not immigration we want stopped, it is the ILLEGAL aliens we want stopped; which brings me to my next point. Following the above statement you said, "I appreciate the fact that you're working on an immigration bill that is comprehensive. That makes a lot of sense because you know that all the elements of this problem must be addressed together or none of them will be solved at all."

We made the mistake in 1986 of trying to “address all of the problems” of ILLEGAL aliens. I don’t remember who the Prophets were at that time who said if we granted amnesty to the 5 million or so ILLEGAL aliens then in the country it would just entice more to enter illegally but they were right; in spades! The current Senate bill is nothing more than a rehash of the 1986 law and if passed will do nothing to address the problems and in fact will exacerbate them.

Mr. President your statements above regarding the problem of ILLEGAL aliens are preposterous. If I may use a medical analogy here; you must first stop the bleeding before you can treat the wound. What we have here are three problems that while related are not interdependent and it requires a logical, three step process to solve them:
1)Stop the bleeding. First we must SECURE the border;

2)Treat the wound. Then, and only then, can we determine what we are going to do about the millions of ILLEGAL aliens that are already here.

3)Prescribe a regiment to preclude recurrence. Only when first two problems are solved can we deal with matters regarding LEGAL immigration; guest workers, etc.

Mr. President I believe that the last thing the American people want or need at this point is another “Immigration Law.” The “Laws” we have now are not being enforced that is why we have an ILLEGAL alien’s problem. What I believe the American people want and need is for you and the Congress to fulfill your primary responsibility as our elected officials; to secure our country.

We elected you to represent us not rule us. If you and the Congress cannot understand that concept and act accordingly, then we will find people among us who do and will.