Letter: They should not stay

Published: Tuesday, June 19 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Summary

The decision by President Obama to allow young illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. is hard to understand or justify.

These are times when unemployment among our youth is very high; therefore, why make it worse by increasing the number of people seeking work?

This executive order was a cold and heartless decision made for political reasons.

It is incumbent, more than ever, upon our population to be proactive in trying to render this decision unproductive. Employers and consumers must be vigilant by not hiring these illegal individuals and by not supporting those business where undocumented people are hired.

Jackie Smith

American Fork

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The Sensible Middle

Bountiful, UT

Unemployment among our own youth is not a justification to banish a child to a foreign country to fend for them self. These kids are as American as they come. As a matter of fact they are better. None who are allowed to stay have a criminal record. More..

2:00 a.m. June 19, 2012
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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

The Obama administration has deported more illegal aliens than any previous administration. They have begun more legal actions against the employers of illegals than any previous administration. For the first time since 1960, net migration from More..

3:30 a.m. June 19, 2012
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ECR

Burke, VA

The President's speech was not a "cold and heartless decision" made for political reasons. It was a courageous action to ask the American people to remember our heritgae as a nation of opportunity for people from all nations. He was More..

5:36 a.m. June 19, 2012
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