AMERICA: By, For and of the People?

Dear Idaho Legislators:
As you know the subject of immigration is in the forefront, and if not on your agenda it should be.
Illegal aliens are an immense problem in the United States, of which I will remind you, Idaho is a part and shares equally in the responsibility of upholding our laws.

I will not go into all the issues regarding illegal aliens and their impacts on Idaho citizens, other than to focus on growth (both economic and population).

It is estimated that in the United States there is between 12 and 30 million illegal aliens.

Obviously, those who wish to minimize impacts choose the lower number, while we who tend to read statistics on border crossings, labor numbers, school enrollments, and other measures believe the true numbers are closer to the 30 million.

The population in the United States just topped 300 million, with projections of being 500 million by mid century and one billion by centuries end.
Bills before the United States Congress, if passed, will ensure this number.

In fact, the projections might be low if the President sees fit to up the number of asylum and refugee cases he allows, the number of legal immigrants is increased from one to 2-3 million, and illegal immigration continues unabated.

Top this with “family reunification” and permitting babies born to illegal aliens to become citizens, thus assuring they are all allowed to remain in the country.

As Frosty Wooldridge writing for NewsWithViews (16 Feb 07) stated, "As our numbers increase, our freedoms decrease. The more we increase, the more freedom decreases in every aspect of our lives. Where your commute used to be 15 minutes, it's now 30. Soon, it will be 45 minutes. You can think of a dozen more examples...

" Our astute Idaho Senator, Larry Craig, boldly declared that we will need 500,000 new agricultural workers each year, because they move on to better paying jobs. So, you can see that he believes we need a guest worker program to supply that labor. But, is there some fallacy of reasoning in this economic model?

As you look across the Treasure Valley you see thousands of acres of prime farmland being converted into big money for a very few, an enlarging government to accommodate a surging population (in the words of Canyon County’s Idaho Senate Delegation, “Our population growth has caused meeting rooms to become too small...”), increasing numbers of illegal aliens (up to 60,000 in Idaho, and growing?), and gridlock at every intersection (not to mention the drive from Boise to Nampa).

In light of this madness why is the State encouraging a greater population? It must be because current economic wisdom says we need evermore bodies to feed the economic monster.

This obviously results in the loss of freedoms and makes life less fruitful and more hectic for all.
Who really benefits from uncontrolled growth?

Surely, you cannot believe that we who live in the Treasure Valley are enjoying the growth in population.

Why should the general populace support ever greater population, bigger government, and the inevitable loss in quality of life just to satisfy the desires of a few to become richer?
What do you suppose it will be like when the valley is overrun by another million people and illegal alien gang members are as prevalent as those in Los Angeles?

Don’t you suppose you as legislators should think about the general welfare of your constituents rather than the welfare of those seeking ever greater profits?

Do we really need another McDonald’s or another Taco stand?

It is time to put the breaks on. It is time that Idaho develops their own stringent laws on hiring illegal aliens. Let it be known that illegal aliens are not welcome and will not receive any benefits.

Let it be known Idaho is not a “sanctuary state” and that they are subject to our laws...deportation for unlawfully entering the United States. Let them know that if they are caught a second time, it is a felony, AND THEY WILL GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL.

Tell the Federal Government that Idaho expects that they will enforce the laws they enact, will obey Federal law only if it is Constitutional, and laws will be challenged if perceived to be unconstitutional.

The State needs to tell the Federal government that the people have all rights not specifically granted to the Federal or State governments by the Constitution.

So if the Federal government will not exercise its powers under the Constitution to protect the citizens then the State should take the initiative and do so.

As a sovereign entity it is imperative or the entity will be nothing more than a puppet to the tyranny of a greedy, power hungry, federal government.

Unhappy Americans in Idaho

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