Dilemma: Water, illegal border crossing and death
Not too long ago, I was watching the news when a story came on about illegal immigrants thirsting to death while crossing over to America. Americans sent several letters to Fox News stating how inhumane this was to let these people die and that water stations should be placed all around the area close to the Mexican/U.S. border.
When I heard about this for the first time, I couldn’t believe my ears. Why in the world would we want to give illegal immigrants more incentive to try to break our laws and come into our country illegally?
I am not a racist person, in fact I have several family members who are Hispanic, so don’t assume I am playing the “race card.” All I am saying is that the fear of thirsting to death might be one of the only things that are holding thousands of other potential illegal immigrants at bay.
We shouldn’t encourage people to break the laws we have established for the betterment of our country. I believe that if anyone wants to come to America, they should work hard to achieve that goal, and then I will welcome them with open arms. Until then, don’t encourage people to break the law. What do you think?
Cody Kilpatrick