Letter from Retired Border Patrol Agent

Got this from Timebomb2000:
May 1, 2006,

There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal
aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran
aliens.

#1.
Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are
very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen.
Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home
countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as
employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing
and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment
and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and
subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits
of American residence without paying the price.

#2.
There are no jobs that Americans won’t do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs
that Americans can’t take and still support their families. Illegal aliens
take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses
and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won’t
do for a decent wage.

#3.
Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT
homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries.
They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20
billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These
illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of
the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those
who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on
behalf of their children.

#4.
Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens
constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and
benefits for lawful U.S. residents.

#5.
This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born
Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by
immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on
this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.

#6.
The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are
not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every
year than the rest of the world combined.

#7.
There is no such thing as the “Hispanic vote”. Hispanics are white,
brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans,
Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called
“Hispanic vote” is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic
vote is a dead end.

#8.
Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have
resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies
to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II Mexico
allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War
Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on
the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today
Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona,
new Mexico and Texas. If you don’t believe it, check out some Mexican
textbooks written for their schoolchildren.

#9.
Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there
are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on
less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to
break the law and sneak into America, then let’s allow those one billion to
come to America and we’ll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight.
Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life.
I’ll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the USA
lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good reason to trash
another nation?

#10.
There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are
hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior
citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs
at a decent wage.

#11.
It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure
borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting people to
sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens,
senior citizens, children and other legal residents? What is it about race
that entitles people to violate our laws, steal identities, and take the
American Dream without paying the price? For about four decades American
politicians have refused to secure our borders and look after the welfare of
middle class Americans. These politicians have been of both parties. A huge
debt to American society has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the
interest will be high. There has already been riots in the streets by
illegal aliens and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a
politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into
this country and demanded the rights afforded to U.S. citizens or to offend
those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep
either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you
have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the
wants and needs of those who don’t even have the right to remain here? There
will be a reckoning. It will come in November of this year, again in 2008
and yet again in 2010. We will not allow America to be stolen by third world
agitators and thieves.

David J. Stoddard
U.S. Border Patrol (RET)
Hereford, Arizona