Tancredo's Credo

Illegal immigration ought to take its rightful place in the debate. Way up in front. Congressman Tancredo's tireless efforts at raising the national level of consciousness to this problem facing us is worthy of notice and support.

It is depressing to watch the government do nothing to secure our southern border beyond that of talking and arguing about it. It is downright irritating and frustrating to hear the president and the senate suggesting that a guest worker program would be an acceptable solution in dealing with the 11 million undocumented aliens now in the country.

While the fruitless and incessant arguments go on in Washington, businesses such as real estate, insurance and financial institutions all conspire to make sure that the illegal alien can buy a home and have it financed. Fast food chains, the service sector and building contractors readily employ them. The DMV, not to be outdone, issues them drivers licenses - yes, so that the car dealerships can sell them cars, so that they can drive to work, buy gasoline, send their children to school, shop at Target and Sears, borrow money from the bank and in some cases so that they can open their own businesses. Now, where else in the world can you find a place like America?

So in the end who is to blame for encouraging these hordes of illegal aliens to rampage through our borders unrestricted and without regard to our laws? We are. Our entire nation of wealthy, obese, slothful, greedy, welfare-fed, morally bankrupt businesses, politicians and bleeding heart citizenry - the responsibility is ours. All this finger pointing, bill-writing and law-passing are nothing more than futile machinations of a society in its death throes - all part of a "free and open society" in its "pursuit of happiness," in its preoccupation of extending "due process" to all who seek justice - yes, even if some of these "justice-seekers" will in the end kill all of us.