Why should people who have violated our laws for years ever be allowed to vote? Oh, I remember, they will probably all vote Democrat. Isn’t it enough that their children, born here, are already voting?
No one who entered illegally should ever be allowed to vote. If they have lived here for, say, five years, without being arrested for any reason (and most have somehow avoided being caught, despite forged birth certificates, driver licenses, Social Security cards, etc.), can speak and read English, may be given permanent work permits, renewable every three years, providing they break none of our laws.
This will allow them to hold jobs, pay federal and state taxes, get real driver licenses, car insurance, medical insurance and help pay for all the benefits which we all currently receive.
They can work any job whose qualifications they meet, buy any house they can afford, attend schools and colleges of their choice, and hold up their heads because they are legal, but there is no logical reason that they should ever be allowed to vote.
Of course, there should be also be visas or work permits for the temporary farm workers who are necessary for our economy, with the understanding that these workers will return to their own homelands upon the completion of their seasonal employment.
But back to the Senate’s idea of a fair path to citizenship: How many do you think will actually go through that process? There will always be someone willing to pay for cheap labor under the table. The lazy, the uneducated and the criminals will not make any changes. They will still show up at emergency rooms, be treated and never pay. They will still drive without licenses in uninsured vehicles, have wrecks and never pay. They will still commit crimes, costing law enforcement millions every year.
Tell Congress that only those who go through the legal pathway to immigration and citizenship should become voting citizens. GLENNA COMBS, MIDDLETOWN
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I wish Republican lawmakers would quit sabotaging the new health-care law. Some of us really need affordable health care and for them to deny it to us is worse than cruel. It's inhuman.
Please leave the GOP alone and let it continue its path of alienating most people under 50, of color, female, young, gay and/or highly educated. They are doing a fine job all by themselves.
Since he decided he has the power to delay some provisions of Obamacare just because he wants to, how can anyone blame Republicans for not trusting President Obama to keep any promises to better secure our borders if they pass immigration reform?
Who are our elected leaders trying to look out for? There are about 12 million illegal aliens in America and they occupy an estimated 8 million jobs. Eight million jobs would really help our 12 million unemployed legal citizens.
A recent article deplored the lack of dental care for the poor. Heck, Medicaid recipients are the lucky ones. Expensive dental care is beyond the means of the working poor and families on week-to-week budgets. And there is seldom any insurance benefit for it.
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