Aliens should not get legal licenses
I could not believe what I read in the letter to the editor section of the Standard Wednesday.
Concerning the letter from Mr. Jimmy Milstead, I do hope you know what illegal means. It means there is a law against it. If it is illegal we should not do it or condone anyone else in breaking the law. If we wanted it to be legal, maybe we could bring it up to a vote and make it legal.
In the meantime, why don’t we obey the law and not encourage anyone else to break the law. If we break this law why not break all the others, like murder, rape, stealing and doing drugs, I’m sure there are people who say they can’t get by without doing these things either.
In your point that no Americans will do the agricultural or nursery work, I think you are wrong. There are many people who make a small living doing this type of work. I think it is because the agricultural and nursery owners do not pay a “legal” or high enough pay, offer benefits or paid vacation time, health, dental or disability or unemployment insurance to sustain these “legal American” workers. If they did, it would cut down on profits and make them “legal.”
In your point that the agricultural industry would cease to exist, if my history is correct that is exactly what they said before the Civil War, that it would cease to exist if the North took away the slave labor by freeing the black labor force. I think we have done OK since that happened. Of course we had to adjust.
If the government would enforce this illegal alien law and prosecute the companies that work these illegal aliens they would not be coming here illegally and this would not be a topic we would be discussing. I am all for people working and bettering their lives but they could do it legally and solve this problem.
Concerning the driver’s license issue, isn’t this a legal license to drive? Why not just do away with a legal license all together. Because this makes a mockery of our legal system to give a legal license to an illegal alien.
Barbara Cantrell
317 Bud Cantrell Road
Morrison