Open Letter to Congress
To those Senators and
Representatives who are fashioning legislation requiring children not be
separated from parents who have violated our immigration laws, I ask: "Are you aware that the U.S. judicial system does not allow children to be
housed with accused or convicted parents of American citizens?" Common sense tells us the child's safety
and mental welfare is the reason for this policy.
When proposing your bill, did you ask a simple question: "Why on earth would a responsible parent,
who intends to violate the laws of a sovereign nation, involve their child in
this illegal act?" To plead a case
for political asylum after being chased down by border officers hardly explains
why they did not take the time or trouble to seek asylum through normal legal
channels.
If you cross the
North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor. If you cross the Afghanistan border
illegally, you get shot. Two Americans
just got eight years for crossing the Iranian border. If you cross the U.S. border illegally,
you get a job, a driver's license, food stamps, a place to live, health care,
housing, child benefits, education, and a tax free business for 7 years? And
now you are proposing that, if you decide to violate the U.S. border, bring
along your children (in case you get
caught) and you can be housed in a cottage with meals, a toilet and bedroom
facilities - not only that, if you work up a case for political asylum, there
will be limits on criminal prosecution.
There have always
been malcontents, whiners and complainers in our society - BUT, you are an elected representative of the people,
charged with a greater responsibility and a sworn duty to uphold and defend the
Constitution of The United States. I
must ask: "How does your "Bill" solve a very serious illegal immigration problem
when you know there are literally thousands of persons crossing our border
without benefit of any legal right to do so, and thousands more lining up to be
next in line?"
Referring to the
chapter called "Crito" (of Plato's "Apology"), Socrates was offered an
opportunity to escape to a neighboring country.
He responded by asking, "Do you think that a state can exist and not
be overthrown, in which the decisions of the law are of no force, and are
disregarded and set at naught by private individuals?"
You can do better than this!