[Capri25] Fwd: Fw: David's letter to Vicente Fox

Fri Apr 7 15:14:56 CDT 2006

As written it is funny, but it looks to me as another piece of
misinformation loaded with lack of respect for all immigrants, legal or
not.

The truth of the matter is that Mexican immigrants (legal or illegal)
come here to make a better life for themselves and their families due to
the bad economic conditions and government corruption in their country.
Most of them are caring, hard working, honest individuals that were
unlucky to be born on a poor country besides an ultra rich one.

The legal ones pay taxes, and invest their savings buying a home so in
many instances crime ridden and damaged neighborhoods in our inner
cities are being slowly restored by these immigrants buying property,
fixing it, and pushing crime away

The illegals risk their lives to cross the border and many of them pay
large amounts of money to some US criminals who pass them across,
sometimes leaving them in the desert to die in locked trucks if they
feel threaten by the police.

Those that make it in, get jobs that no American wants to do, they get
paid miserably, and do not have any benefits.  If they or their families
are sick, they are afraid to go to hospitals or a doctor for fear of
being caught and deported.

I teach English on a inner city Church some evenings and meet "these
people".  So when I see these cute, funny stories, I need to think that
the writer is severely misinformed or there is a hidden agenda behind
it.

Immigrants should come to the US following the established rules and
under the full protection of the law but those that come illegally do it
out of desperation and abided by US business people that want cheap
labor.

By the way, any wave of immigrants has been met with the same mistrust
and rejection.  We only need to look back a few years in our history to
find what was being said about and done to German, Irish, Italian, and
Chinese immigrants, to name a few.

Jesus Rodriguez

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Subject: [Capri25] Fwd: Fw: David's letter to Vicente Fox

I am a proud Republican but I have to admit this is pretty funny.
Thanks Barnie!

Enjoy,
CC

Barnie B wrote:

	Subject: Fw: David's letter to Vicente Fox
	Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:14:03 -0500

	forwarded...
	Tom: along the same lines as yours...

	David M. Bresnahan
	April 1, 2006
	NewsWithViews.com

	Dear President Bush:

	I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended
family,
	and I would like to ask you to assist me.
	I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico,
	and I need to make a few arrangements.
	I know you can help with this.
	I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports,
	immigration quotas and laws.
	I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.

	So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox,
	that I'm on my way over?
	Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

	1. Free medical care for my entire family.
	2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I
might need, 
	whether I use them or not.
	3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
	4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
	5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and
history.
	6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of
the
	flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower
down.
	7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and
lunch.

	8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get
easy
	access to government services.
	9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any
	effort to learn local traffic laws.
	10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the
	memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all
	police officers speak English.
	11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put flag
decals
	on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th.
	I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the
locals.
	12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any
taxes,
	and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
	13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely
nice
	and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I
might
	place on the economy.
	I know this is an easy request because you already do all these
	things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am
	sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask
him nicely.
	However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go
quail
	hunting with your V.P..

	Thank you so much for your kind help.
	Sincerely,
	David M. Bresnahan

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