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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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. <SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Most of them are caring, hard working, honest individuals that were
unlucky to be born on a poor country besides an ultra rich
one.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640573419-07042006></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=640573419-07042006></SPAN>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640573419-07042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=640573419-07042006>Jesus Rodriguez</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org
[mailto:capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Carmen
Velarde<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 07, 2006 11:45 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Capri 25
WYC<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Capri25] Fwd: Fw: David's letter to Vicente
Fox<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I am a proud Republican but I have to admit this is pretty funny.
Thanks Barnie!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Enjoy,</DIV>
<DIV>CC<BR><BR><B><I>Barnie B </I></B>wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Subject:
Fw: David's letter to Vicente Fox<BR>Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:14:03
-0500<BR><BR>forwarded...<BR>Tom: along the same lines as
yours...<BR><BR>David M. Bresnahan<BR>April 1,
2006<BR>NewsWithViews.com<BR><BR><BR>Dear President Bush:<BR><BR>I'm about to
plan a little trip with my family and extended family,<BR>and I would like to
ask you to assist me.<BR>I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S.
into Mexico,<BR>and I need to make a few arrangements.<BR>I know you can help
with this.<BR>I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas,
passports,<BR>immigration quotas and laws.<BR>I'm sure they handle those
things the same way you do here.<BR><BR>So, would you mind telling your buddy,
President Vicente Fox,<BR>that I'm on my way over?<BR>Please let him know that
I will be expecting the following:<BR><BR>1. Free medical care for my entire
family.<BR>2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might
need, <BR>whether I use them or not.<BR>3. All government forms need to be
printed in English.<BR>4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking
teachers.<BR>5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and
history.<BR>6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of
the<BR>flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower
down.<BR>7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and
lunch.<BR><BR>8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get
easy<BR>access to government services.<BR>9. I do not plan to have any car
insurance, and I won't make any<BR>effort to learn local traffic laws.<BR>10.
In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the<BR>memo from Pres.
Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all<BR>police officers speak
English.<BR>11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put flag
decals<BR>on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th.<BR>I do not
want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.<BR>12. I would also
like to have a nice job without paying any taxes,<BR>and don't enforce any
labor laws or tax laws.<BR>13. Please tell all the people in the country to be
extremely nice<BR>and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain
I might<BR>place on the economy.<BR>I know this is an easy request because you
already do all these<BR>things for all the people who come to the U.S. from
Mexico. I am<BR>sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask
him nicely.<BR>However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go
quail<BR>hunting with your V.P..<BR><BR>Thank you so much for your kind
help.<BR>Sincerely,<BR>David M. Bresnahan<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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