Greeley mayor & immigration
Mayor Tom Selders of Greeley is a brave person. In urging an end to immigration raids in his community, he is speaking for the children who have no voice, children whose parents were arrested and deported because they are in this country without documentation. Let’s face it, the immigration system wouldn’t be a mess if our government hadn’t given so many mixed messages for so many years—we want your labor, cheap, and we don’t want you to make any demands like fair wages or safe working conditions, and when you’ve given us what we want, please go back to Mexico or Peru or Nicaragua. Oh, and don’t forget to leave your spouse and children at home. My reply to Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who asks if we’re demanding that the government stop enforcing the law when we ask for an end to immigration raids, is ‘If it’s a broken law, and folks who know the issue know that it is, put your efforts into fixing it, not enforcing it.’ We can only hope that our legislators listen to the majority of people who, like Mayor Selders, want comprehensive immigration reform that is fair to those who do the labor as well as those who hire them, and that includes keeping families together.
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Oh Marcie, Marcie, Marcie...SIGH
It's just plain spinless pandering dear.
Oh, never mind.
Posted by truthy on May 30, 2007 02:41 PMThis turncoat mayor should be RECALLED, and handed down some good old fashion justice, by being tarred and feathered and run out of town!
The good people of Greeley need to get rid of this pro-illegal ratl!!!!
Posted by A on May 30, 2007 04:53 PMWhat ever happened to the good ole days when elected officials took an oath to accept office and that included upholding the law?
Oh, and I guess any criminal with children is now exempt from the consequences of their actions too.
Posted by fiesty on May 30, 2007 04:58 PMMarcie Dahlen, you know you've written a good letter when you get the mindless responses above. Thanks.
'any criminal with children is now exempt from the consequences of their actions"
"tarred and feathered"
"spinless pandering"
I wonder what these people are on? I just hope that can't pass it on to their own children.
Posted by Truth on May 30, 2007 05:07 PMA great letter from Ms. Dahlen--obviously a very real human being who understands human issues.
Posted by anderson on May 30, 2007 05:17 PMRecall the mayor, deport the illegals, block the border, fine those who employ illegals.
end this insanity.
Anderson,
It is too bad Marcie doesn't understand the rule of law
Posted by jgd777j on May 31, 2007 05:42 PMI expect she understands it quite well. The problem is, you think the "rule of law" is good enough for some but not for others. It's an inconvenient fact that laws are broken by a lot of people everyday in everyway, and that broken laws are not always enforced. It's also evident that laws don't always work as intended, and that we often change the law when this occurs.
Posted by anderson on June 1, 2007 01:32 PM