Give Undocumented Visas and Respect

As is well known by every thinking resident of this country, if all the illegal aliens were to be deported on the same day, this country would come to a screeching halt. We decry the illegals but continue to enjoy the life these lawbreakers allow us to maintain.

We must accept reality, even though most of us are against giving them citizenship for violating the law. Our forefathers came to this land legally, learned the language and blended into the melting pot.

These illegals are in actuality prisoners in this land. They have braved the Border Patrol, either walking across the desert or paying a “coyote” to bring them here. They cannot return to their homes, as this would force them to run that same gantlet again.

Why don’t we just give them visas, allowing them free travel to and from their homeland? They want to work, not be a burden to our system. The visas would not give them any preference in gaining citizenship but would honor them for their labors. They deserve not only our thanks but our respect for the work they do and the tribulations and prejudice they have had to endure.

Ron Speedling

Thousand Palms

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The Times has been filled with articles on the question of amnesty for millions of Mexican nationals who are in this country illegally. People on all sides of this controversy seem to be omitting the No. 1 issue surrounding this question. That is, the problem of overpopulation. If we continue to legitimize the status of millions of people who enter our nation unlawfully, our country’s, and particularly California’s, population will soar to ever-greater numbers. We already have about 35 million people in our state and about 10 million in Los Angeles County. We simply cannot absorb everyone in the world who wishes to come here.

There is something very sinister about Mexico’s president trying to pressure the United States into accepting millions of Mexican nationals. Why, instead, doesn’t Vicente Fox offer to reabsorb his citizens back into Mexico and provide them with good jobs? Why should the United States and California pay the price for the failure of every Mexican administration over the past century to create a legal and political environment that would more thoroughly benefit that country’s poor?

Edward Tabash

Board Member, Californians

for Population Stabilization

Beverly Hills