I am tired of criminal immigrants having more rights than I do!

Criminal immigrants don/t pay income taxes, they get a housing allowance, food stamps, free medical care and we pay to educate their children.

Our children/s education is suffering because the politicians have to make sure there is enough money to supply free breakfasts, lunches, pre and post-school child care and educate children that should not even be here!

When are we going to stop taking care of everyone else? If you haven/t noticed, our country is slipping through the cracks! Let/s close the borders, deport every criminal immigrant and start taking care of our country, the people who are here lawfully!

Sure, that sounds selfish, but sometimes you have to stop and look around you, fix what needs to be fixed in your own back yard. That sometime is now 7 before it/s too late!

How about the people on welfare? If they are healthy, they can work in the fields to earn their living rather than have it given to them. Another option, instead of spending billions so prisoners can have state-of-the-art gyms and basketball courts, is have them earn their keep and rehabilitate by working the fields.

Maybe if we start working together as one country and stop with the hyphenated heritage we can actually become the United States that we used to be.

Penny Westover

Orcutt

May 17, 2006