I ran across a couple of interesting posts on the Dallas Morning News opinion blog. It's from Tancredo, who is very much concerned with the negative impact that the huge storm surge of illegal aliens on Colorado. Being on the border I would imagine that Texas and other border states are feeling the pinch even more. Locally it was announced today that the county hospital for Dallas will ask for TEN MILLION dollars to make up the shortfall from uninsured patients. Not all of these are illegal or even minorities, but most of the babies born at Parkland are Hispanic and if even a third are uninsured and don't pay @ at least @ $10,000 per delivery and hospital stay, it runs into a chunk of change. And that doesn't even include the injuries, carwreck and other accidents that end up in Parkland's remarkable but overworked emergency room. As for the boycott itself, from what I saw the numbers were way down and the majority of my students were in class. Once again, I don't think anyone begrudges a job or housing or any service from immigrants who follow the law and come here to become part of the mix. What most people seem to resent is that Mexico and Mexicans are demanding services for their people who break our law, come here illegally, work here illegally, sponge off of our welfare, educational and health systems for services that the government in Mexico City doesn't seem interested enough to provide. The United States is their safety valve. And if you read the stats in the article, even with a grain of salt, it makes you wonder if much of the explosion of crime in places such as Dallas, Houston and San Diego may all come from the same dubious source. We must close our borders. It's a matter of economic need, of health and welfare needs and of defense. I don't know why that's so hard to understand.
Oh BTW...to all those national businesses that closed in "solidarity" today...I didn't miss you guys today, so I guess you won't miss my dollars in the future. Take that Tyson, and Hacienda Ranch. I make better guacamole anyway.....
AND...I don't think it's a coincidence that this protest occurred on what is traditionally a "Workers Day" in Communist countries. I guess it's time to rerack all those Che Guevara T-shirts at the local Gap.....
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