Immigrants and Chicanos
I thought the column by Ruben Navarrette Jr. (“Should Latinos Support Curbs on Immigrants?” Opinion, July 5) was excellent. I just wish the politicians would start to deal with the problems of illegal immigrants.
We live in a time when all levels of government are out of money. Every day the news media talk of the state budget crisis. The schools, hospitals and social services are overcrowded; the taxpayers can no longer afford to support services for those who are here illegally.
Why is it that President Bush could spend billions of dollars to defend “the rights of the people of Kuwait” while the Border Patrol is understaffed, overworked and unsupported by our government? If the United States can spend $100 billion a year for the defense of Japan and Europe, I think we could afford to protect our own country.
MIKE NOVAK-SMITH
Riverside
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