A proactive plan of action to protect our country from others crossing the borders illegally is crucial for the safety of Americans, and our economy.
Our current policy of providing funding, food, and medical care for those entering illegally is destroying our economy for the citizens that have worked to earn the benefits to provide for their families. There are millions of citizens in the U.S. in need of assistance for basic needs for survival.
Laws that regulate the illegals were made many years ago. Past administrations have failed to adequately enforce them, resulting in billions of funds and contributing to our national debt. The Clinton administration initiated separating children and parents to protect the children from jail exposure.
Our nation will not survive if immigration laws are not enforced. Individuals who cross borders illegally and have children here are not citizens. These illegal immigrants are being treated better than many of the victims of recent fires.
And the recent state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed calls for $260 million to fund illegal immigrants’ Medi-Cal coverage. That is just wrong. Use our tax dollars to benefit the legal California residents, not give it to people breaking the law. Write to Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-Templeton) asking him to vote “no” on the budget, like I did.
This article appears in Jan 17-24, 2019.