To the Editor:
Re “Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority” (front page, April 9):
President Obama, like his predecessor, President George W. Bush, pushes for amnesty for 12 million illegal immigrants.
Forget the fact that we are in a deep recession and that Americans need all the jobs they can get. This amnesty is plain and simple wrong. It undermines the rule of law that is critical for this nation to stand as a republic.
America should remain a safe haven for its own citizens, and for millions more who seek entrance to this country through legal channels. These illegal immigrants have no business being here in their present status. This nation has no business offering these lawbreakers a pass to citizenship.
Regardless of the hardships that may result to these lawbreaking individuals, they must be held accountable for their own actions. This nation must not place itself in the role of enabler to those who decided to cross a vulnerable border to invade the society of a foreign nation, and then feed on the fruits of that nation’s good will with impunity. This is wrong.
One can only hope that Americans in great numbers, and at all levels, will stand up and oppose amnesty for these illegal immigrants.
Bob Jack
North Las Vegas, April 9, 2009
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 