"Don't Back Door America!"

Back during the "Great Depression" men couldn't find work, people were homeless, children roamed the streets, without food or hope of finding any food. Perhaps this was the worst domestic crisis our nation ever faced. In those horrible times, around Chicago, a private citizen stepped forward to provide "soup kitchens" for the poor people who were is such dire circumstance, and who had nowhere else to turn. Who was this noble citizen that was willing to step up when no one else would? Surprise of surprises, it was Al Capone, the head of organized crime in Chicago and the greater Cook county area. Yes the man responsible for countless murders, and criminal acts acted as a beneficent provider for the needs of the unfortunate. Meir Lansky, the good friend of Lucky Lucianno and Bugsey Seigal, and one of the heads of organized crime in New York, with ties to criminal families across America, was a great supporter of the nation of Israel it it's fight for fair treatment in the middle east. These are examples of bad people doing good things. Did their good things some how make their bad things diminish or relieve them of the responsibility of those bad acts? My grand parents came to this country around 1897 through Ellis Island, they entered this great nation the "Legal" way and built a life in this land of opportunity. Today we are faced with a great migration, mainly from our southern border, of "Illegal Aliens". The word illegal has been termed hate speech by some members of American society, yet that is a true description of who these people are. Illegal has been replaced by the word "undocumented", as Shakespeare said " a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Changing a name doesn't change a fact. We have been told these people are hard working poor who came here because they couldn't find work in their home nations. I have no reason to doubt the above reasons to be true, yet it is also true these people committed a criminal act when they entered the United States illegally. We often hear of criminal acts such as drug dealing, robbery, and murder that have been perpetrated by some of these illegal entrants. I don't believe all "illegals" are violent criminals, yet I do believe they are all criminals by the commission of their illegal entrance into America. Our well fare system is already overburdened by legal citizens in need of assistance, our educational system is overwhelmed with our own children's needs without providing free education to those who have paid little or no taxes into our system. I'm sure there is a segment of these illegal aliens who go to work every day and stay out of trouble, and it is unfortunate that they chose an illegal method to enter America. If we allow these people to remain here then we endorse a philosophy of "the ends justify the means" and our laws lose their validity. Regardless of their good acts the fact that they were done after the commission of a bad act doesn't excuse the bad act. As I illustrated earlier even the worst of our society can perform laudable deeds, yet it doesn't wash away those unlawful deeds that were also done. We are a society of laws, and we must respect those laws. When we turn a blind eye to the law we disrespect all of the men who fought and died to keep America the great nation that it is. America has open doors for all who wish to find freedom and opportunity, but our doors are not to be knocked down or kicked in. Knock on our doors follow the rules and America will welcome you, that's what America promises!