Blurring the Line on Immigration

I just read this disturbing piece. It starts like this:

Officials who promote the rights of Hispanics at state level may form a new, national organization aimed at bringing to Washington their perspectives on the challenges of illegal immigration.

OK. I'm certainly with them on the "challenges of illegal immigration" part.

Delegates spent three days discussing strategies and debating the wildly different approaches their states take to deciding such issues as who can receive free health care or what identification to use when issuing drivers' licenses. And while they couldn't agree on the role the proposed national organization would play, Democrats and Republicans agreed to pool their strength to gain representation in the nation's capital for Latinos, who are the largest minority in the country.

And then IT starts. IT is the determined efforts of some people to blur the line between illegal and legal immigration. IT leads people to the delusion that conversation about "deciding such issues as who can receive free health care or what identification to use when issuing drivers' licenses" should include illegal aliens. IT leads people to think that those we vote into office should "pool their strength to gain representation in the nation's capital for Latinos" without distinguishing between those who are here legally vs. illegally. Anyone who is in this country illegally is NOT, I repeat NOT entitled to free health care or a government-issued ID of any kind, let alone a driver's license. And the last time I checked, representation in Washington was for citizens -- you know, those of us who can VOTE.

IT is really pissing me off.

So does reading this crap:

"From New York to Kansas, we all have the same issues," said Maria Roman, senior policy adviser to New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican. "We need to come together to find alternatives for the working class, for the people who are coming to the U.S. to feed their families. I want to see this national organization get materialized."

"Alternatives for the working class...who are coming to the U.S. to feed their families?" Again, no distinction between legal and illegal. How about a little love for citizens and those who are following the laws in their pursuit of citizenship?

Some delegates framed the problem as one of how to counter an onslaught of "illegal aliens filling schools and clinics." Others, discussing the same situation, saw their charge as how to "help those who are out of status" or better "the plight of the undocumented."

OK, phrases like "out of status" and "undocumented" just need to be erased from our collective vocabulary. I'm all about streamlining and utilitarianism, and I can give you one simple word that will cover all your needs in that department:

ILLEGAL

Learn it. Remember it. Use it.

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