Why the DREAM Act and the Democrats are WRONG again!

Leave it to Harry Reid, the almost gone Senator of the economically struggling state of Nevada, to tack on the DREAM Act to a defense bill. The weasily act has been perpetrated because the senator knows that it will look bad not to fund our troops; however, what he is proposing is a way to reward the children of illegal aliens with American citizenship (and then they can bring in their families legally as well). basically, trying to buy a huge block of future Democratic supporters and voters at the expense of the American taxpayer.

Why is this wrong - well, the bills have nothing to do with each other (although the Democrats would argue that the children could earn legal citizenship through military service - yes, that's what I want, people without a legal commitment and allegiance to this country defending it - that should work really well).

Let me tell you a story: Once upon a time, an Italian man decided to immigrate to the United States. he did so legally, going through Ellis Island, getting his paperwork in order and becoming an American citizen. He then went back to Italy and brought back a bride, who also went through Ellis Island and was a legal resident of the United States. They made sure all was legal before they had three children. None of the children spoke English when they started school - and there were no English as a second language classes paid for by taxpayers to cater to them. The children learned English very, very quickly. One of those children even earned herself a scholarship to a prestigious Seven Sisters School (back when the Ivy League was not open to women). There were no handouts, and the family did everything legally. Both the daughters' children graduated from an Ivy League school. As one of those grandchildren, I am appalled, as I know my grandparents were as they spoke of illegal immigration often, that people who are violating the country's laws are getting rewarded while the citizens are paying the bill. If my family, and millions of other American families, could enter the country the "right" way, and become legal citizens, why is it that we should reward those who come here illegally, and continue to stay here illegally with free education, health care, and other social services?

Well, it's time for this foolishness to stop. How can we not have the money to deport the illegal aliens, and yet have all this money to give their children a free education and give all illegal aliens free medical care in our hospital emergency rooms?

Call your Senators' offices now and tell them to vote against the Dream Act - the vote is today.

Citizenship is a privilege, not a right, and is not earned by committing illegal acts (and yes, by the time the child is of the "age of majority" choosing to remain in this country illegally means they are committing the illegal act themselves).