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Right now there is a case being heard by the US Supreme Court which will
bear on whether or not Americans must provide their "papers" i.e.
identification cards and drivers license, upon demand by the police (local, state, and
federal). This is an important case because it reminds us of how communist
Russia and the Eastern Block nation, not to mention Nazi Germany, controlled the
movements of their populations.
The case has made it to the Supreme Court, but it looks like Americans
will have to carry "proper identification" and provide it at all times. So my
question is, why should illegal immigrants be given rights that the citizens of
this country do not currently enjoy?
Contrary to popular myth, illegal immigrants provide very little in the
way of tax money, since they habitually underreport their incomes. Many have
large families and pay little or no property taxes, which puts an unfair burden
on our overstretched civil service system and our schools, which are hurting
for money.
I am sorry that they have chosen to immigrate to this country illegally,
but I do not feel that giving them rights that Americans do not enjoy is much
of a solution.
Brett Sprangel
East Side
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