Live the American way

Re: Emily Marquez's letter "The better solution."

First off, nowhere in my letter did I suggest we amend the 14th Amendment. I stated the obvious that the 14th was never meant to give citizenship to the children of illegal alien "invaders," and that doing so is a misinterpretation.

My comparison of the illegal aliens to an invading army was in reference to the current misinterpretation of our 14th Amendment.

Most illegal aliens just come to work illegally. However, many illegal aliens are responsible for more deaths and injuries of American citizens in one year than has occurred in wars in the Middle East to date, by means of drunken driving, murder, robbery, molestation and rape (http://www.operationbodycount.com/), (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID53103 ).

To give citizenship to the children of illegal aliens is rewarding criminal illegal aliens for knowingly flaunting our laws and disrespecting our borders.

This disrespect continues when the illegal aliens refuse to use our common language and place their flags and customs above those of the United States of America.

These instant citizens become what are known as anchor babies who the illegal alien criminals exploit to the fullest extent possible to justify their breaking our laws and remaining  in our country.

Many of these instant citizens are delivered at citizen taxpayer expense and become instant tax burdens to working middle-class citizens, while their illegal parents work off the books for lower wages and benefits.

This is a double-edged sword used by the greedy rich to either fire citizens or cut their wages and benefits while their illegal alien workforce is subsidized by citizen taxpayers.

The impact of the illegal alien invasion can be seen when it marches through our streets brandishing the Mexican flag over an upside-down American flag. And we see it with the rise of racist organizations such as La Raza and LULAC.

The raise in taxes is being paid by middle-class citizens to subsidize the illegal alien workforce of the greedy rich while Americans' wages and benefits are cut.

Discrimination is rampant throughout our country as businesses discriminate against English-speaking citizens, preferring to hire those that can speak in the tongue of the invaders.

Discrimination is perpetrated by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and lawmakers by giving in-state tuition to illegal aliens while denying the same to our fellow American citizens.

The answer to illegal immigration is not to reward the lawbreakers, as Marquez suggests, but to stop all taxpayer aid and instant citizenship of illegals' children.

Enforce our immigration laws and punish the employers of illegal aliens and soon we will no longer have an illegal immigration problem.

America does not belong to everyone. America belongs to Americans, including those that have immigrated here through legal means.

Americans should remember we are a nation with boundaries, laws and a common language that deserves the respect and adherence of all that come here through legal means.

Americans could not have been any clearer on not giving amnesty to illegal aliens than they were in the waning summer of 2007 when their phone calls demanding no amnesty overwhelmed the Capitol's phone system, shutting it down.

Americans have spoken clearly, We want our customs, our laws and our borders respected and obeyed by ALL.

Stacy Wright
Odessa