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A festering problem
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Posted on Jul 05 2011
To Mr. Keiper: It’s probably pretty obvious to anyone who’s been following our correspondence back and forth over the past month that you and I have gotten off to a bad start, and I do apologize for my part in allowing this situation to develop, but I think I’ve found some common ground we can start building a bridge on.
Our islands have been burdened with a “festering” immigration problem that’s been going on for over a year now, and no one seems to have a clue as to how to remedy this. Before federalization came in and took over local immigration and labor, these two departments were a major source of revenue for our islands, and the programs and procedures in place were working to everyone’s benefit. Now, one year later, there’s thousands of out-of-work, displaced immigrants just hanging around our islands waiting for what?
In the same paper your letter to the editor came out in there was a cartoon by political satirist “Branch” portraying Sen. John Mc Cain blaming the immigrants for “taking jobs away from American arsonists.” That was a pretty good cartoon, but I realize it’s just a reflection of a far more serious immigration problem that’s been in the news for the past year also.
It appears as if we have a similar situation where our local governments have a problem that’s been taken out of our hands, and the people who are going to make the final decision on this may not have our best interests in mind. Am I correct on that?
Anyway, I think our readers will be as interested as I am in hearing about how your immigration problems are affecting the people of your state, and what the eventual outcome will be. I will certainly be looking forward to your response.
[B]Garry Evilsizer[/B] [I]Koblerville, Saipan[/I]
