Don't blame illegal aliens

Published: Monday, Dec. 27 2004 12:00 a.m. MST

There is not a person living in the United States of America who is not an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant, and the American Indian is no exception. People immigrate to other areas for an improvement in their lives. If those who complain about immigrants had half the courage of the people who steal across our borders, this would be a far greater country. When these illegal aliens enter this country, for the majority, they will pay taxes into systems that they will never benefit from.

If health care is your issue, the problem is not the illegal alien, it is a system where 25 percent of Americans cannot afford health care due to the greed of the health care industry. If you want to vent your anger, look to people who want educational credits for the children of illegal aliens and the employers who pay under the table and the legislators who protect them.

If you want to get mad, get mad at those people responsible for our borders being so porous. I would much rather see illegal aliens going to their second jobs than the panhandlers and welfare bums.

Ken Hollen

South Jordan

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