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RE: This Inflames Me
Do you mean that I, an innocent tourist to your country, should be deported
because my passport was stolen from me and I was without means of ID for a
few days?
Mark
>From: "Steve Schafer" <sschafer at dejazzd_com>
>Reply-To: "Steve Schafer" <sschafer at dejazzd_com>
>To: <over-the-rhine at actwin_com>
>Subject: RE: This Inflames Me
>Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:38:26 -0400
>
>I would agree that this bill is a trampling of our constitutional rights.
>It is an outrage to be subject to
>searches without a warrant or just cause. Using "terrorism" as an excuse
>to strip away our rights
>is unacceptable and I certainly hope that the Supreme Court will do its
>duty
>to the American people
>and uphold the constitution.
>
>But let's clarify something-the "immigrants" referred to here are not legal
>immigrants, they are illegal
>ones. Someone who has entered the country illegally has never had
>constitutional rights. This bill
>just served to clarify that fact. I am all for people coming to this
>country
>to better themselves, but it
>should be done through legal means. The terrorists responsible for Sept
>11th were here with expired
>tourist or student visas. People here without proper visas are already
>breaking the law of the land by
>being here illegally and should be expelled unless it can be assurred that
>harm will come to them if they
>are sent back to their country of origin (i.e. political asylum).
>
>Whether or not our immigration laws are open enough is a debate for another
>day-the fact remains that
>the current laws stand.
>
>Just my $.02
>-Steve
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