A national immigrant advocacy organization claims that increased job-place raids and immigration sweeps are “instilling fear” in immigration communities.
To which I say, Good! Illegal immigrants should be fearful — every single day that they are in this country illegally, they should feel the breath of the law breathing down their necks. Every moment they are here should be filled with dread and anxiety about getting caught and deported back to Mexico.
In fact, we should step it up all over the country, until it’s so difficult and so scary to come here illegally and stay here illegally, that eventually fewer and fewer will do it.
For too long our enforcement of our immigration laws has instilled anything but fear in those who would break those laws.
“ICE is a law enforcement agency,” she said. “We are not trying to strike fear into anyone. We are enforcing the law. I think the American public has made it crystal clear that that is what they want.”
Exactly.
Enforce existing law, that’s all I and my friends have ever wanted. I first became concerned about illegal immigration while I was living in Austin in the 80’s, but no one else ever seemed concerned with it.
I will say, that here in Dallas, I have seen a few changes in the past few months. I don’t see the large gatherings of day laborers hanging around at certain convenience stores, and I’ve noticed that, when I go through a fast food drive-thru, the hispanic employees speak much better English, than in the past.
Left by no2liberals on January 18th, 2008 at 10:36 am