Illegal immigration
I have withheld peoples names from the following account to give the hurting families some privacy.
Around December 30, I met a very brave and interesting man. His family has lived in what is now Colorado for around 250 years. He had been a very enterprising small business owner with several employees. He and his family are proud, hard working citizens who have lived the American dream. Then one day, a bar near Ft. Lupton served a 16 year old boy enough liquor to raise his blood alcohol level above 0.3. That 16 year old boy, later drove his uninsured vehicle into the side of a two ton truck, rolling it and injuring several people in both vehicles, and devastating many families. That DUI 16 year old, an illegal alien. is now 19 and still free as a bird.
The driver of the two ton truck, the small business owner, was blinded. While undergoing two cornea transplant operations, and recovering, he gradually lost his business to pay his medical bills.
a. As he lost his business, his employees lost their jobs, impacting several more families.
b. His mortgage company could have re-financed his home loan, but instead foreclosed on his home, destroying his excellent credit rating.
c. His insurance company at first refused to pay for his new prescription lenses, obviously needed for his "new" eyes. They finally relented, but then refused to pay for the frames - expensive for him, but pocket change compared to the cost of two eye surgeries. If this tragedy had not happened just a couple weeks before "no-fault" insurance ended in Colorado, he would have been further victimized by the insurance industry.
This former small business owner is apparently the same national origin and ethnic heritage as the DUI teen that ruined his life. He is no fan of illegal immigrants wherever they're from. Without justice, our country is broken.
James Wade
Loveland
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No amnesty. If they allow a "Guest Worker" plan, you will have seen the apex of a once great nation. It will be all down hill from there.
Posted by on January 23, 2007 07:00 PMThis is a major problem in our country, illegal immigrants not respecting the American ways of life, the laws. Ilegal immigrants are the causing the most death, bringing the most diseases in our country, we need to CLOSE OUR BORDERS!!!!!!
Posted by Pamela Williams on January 24, 2007 01:24 PMThe argument typically used by illegal immigration proponents is that "they are just trying to support their families", and this argument leads to a very slippery slope. Should I be able to rob a bank as long as the robbery is being commited in the name of feeding my family? My sympathies go out to all legal immigrants, whose time, hard work, and money are being undermined by every person who crosses the border illegaly.
Posted by on January 25, 2007 12:26 PMThe Colorado Dream, Workhard and Follow the Rules----------- The politicians change the Rules. Keep an eye on Salazar and Ritter?
Posted by F. Williams on January 25, 2007 11:28 PM