Deported mother? Not our problem
This is a response to “Mom deported 3 years ago wins chance to come back” [page one, April 20].
Give me a break, the key word here is “wins.” Our immigration laws are not a game. You do not “win” a chance to come here. You apply legally through our system and you are granted the right to become a citizen of our country.
Ana Reyes made some bad choices. She came here illegally, had children, got deported and now “wins “ a chance to come back?
We have become so beyond politically correct that we have lost sight of that fact that this is not a game. Wasting our tax dollars, court time and energy on an illegal immigrant who got mixed up with another illegal immigrant is not our problem.
— Lynn Durfy, Seattle
Media coverage of immigration one-sided
Why must editorials that deal with immigration be so one-sided? “Don’t fence immigration reform” [Opinion April 21].
Many who identify themselves as progressives follow the conservative tactic of seeing things in black and white instead of looking at the various sides of an issue.
How many of the world’s 7 billion people could this country accommodate? How many of the world’s unemployed do we want to hire given our own high unemployment level? Do we have such an overabundance of resources that we do not need to worry about ever running out? Can one even advocate some reasoned ideas on immigration or must one worry about being branded racist and xenophobic by our elected official, Jim McDermott?
Unfortunately, when the media, which are supposed to be objective, place so much emphasis on one side of an issue, of course that is the side that seems right, even if that side is based mostly on emotion and is short on reasoned information.
— Jack Pedigo, Seattle