----- Original Message -----
From: Red and Mary Wallace
To: Mannon Wallace
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Illegal Immigrants

My neighborhood has filled up with illegals who work in construction, lawn work, and food service. They do not pay taxes, do not have bank accounts, send all their salary back to Mexico, drive without insurance or licenses, and commit crimes if they can't earn money. Our schools, even in High School, now have Spanish language classes in order to educate the illegals for most subjects instead of making them learn English. They are eligible for State benefits and use the hospital emergency rooms as their family physicians. Nearly every local grocery store hires mostly bilingual help. Nearly all of our grocery commodities have labels printed in both Spanish and English. The state goes out of its way to help them obtain social security numbers and medical benefits. Parkland Hospital is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Texas is becoming a sad Mexican state. Nobody listened to Reza. Still don't!
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********On 4/21/2006 at 8:59 AM Mannon Wallace wrote:
Kudos for James H. Reza. He expresses my sentiments, exactly. Why should we solve Mexico's economic and labor problems by opening our borders to illegal immigrants? Let's just annex Mexico and make her our 51st state. We welcome all those who are willing to come to our country legally,and become English speaking Americans with American values and convictions! So there! Mannon

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This is from a Hispanic who lives in Ft Worth, Texas. He's had a column in the Fort Worth Star Telegram and as you can see, expresses himself very well. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL I can almost assure you that everyone who is a true American was sickened when you saw multitudes of protesters carrying Mexican flags protesting the new Immigration Reform Bill in the Senate. This display of Mexican flags should give you a heads up on where these protesters allegiance lies their hearts are in Mexico and their bellies are in the United States. As an American of Mexican Heritage I want to set the record straight, American Hispanics are not all thrilled with illegal immigration. I, for more than 20 years, tried desperately to bring this national debacle to the attention of the American people. I had the privilege of writing for several newspapers, appeared on national and local TV and radio programs, and was asked by many political groups to address this serious problem affecting my former community (north Fort Worth), city, state, and our country. Many will question how I can speak on this subject with some authority. My simple answer is: I lived with the problem! Trust me, it was no picnic. Never in my life (I'm 68) had I witnessed the lawlessness, the deterioration of my community, and the black market criminal underground activities attributed to the influx of illegal immigrants. To add injury to insult, politicians soon caved in to the many demands of illegal immigrants. Notably: bilingual education, bilingual ballots, welfare aid, free medical care, etc. Through all this national disgrace allowed by our politicians, have you all noticed that no one ever blames the useless, corrupt, and disgraceful government of Mexico? In contrast, they lambaste and criticize our country. How does that grab you? When I addressed the dangers of our porous border between Mexico and the United States, and the lax security of our nation, no one paid attention. As I observed the situation, the problem was perceived to be between American Hispanic communities and illegal immigrants. White Americans it seemed assumed that the problem was not theirs to deal with. In other words they were, asleep at the wheel. However, 9-11 soon woke them up. Lets be honest with each other here, white Americans vote in far larger numbers than Hispanics do. And most politicians (Democrats and Republicans) in our city, state, and federal governments are white. Thus, who is more suited to fix this national disaster? I'm sure most of you know what the answer is. In summation, I'm pleading with white American voters to join me in sending our politicians (Democrats and Republicans) a strong message that we will not tolerate illegal immigrants telling us how to make government policy that will make it easier for them to break our laws. Hope you will join me in this endeavor in our upcoming elections. James H. Reza 4204 Grand Lake Lake Worth, Texas 76135 Phone: 817-237-6287 (H) / Cell 817-454-3316 Please pass this on...it just might get to the other Veterans and VFW, American Legions and to those that truly believe that we will not give our country away !