Pr. William’s crackdown on illegals? Priceless

Re: “Pr. William’s crackdown on illegals is inhumane,” April 2

I must disagree with Jaime Contreras, area director of the Service Employees International Union and head of the National Capital Immigration Coalition, regarding his view that Prince William County’s crackdown on illegals is somehow “inhumane”.

Like “shooting fish in a barrel,” the Prince William police are arresting and jailing illegal aliens as expected since completion of their Immigration and Customs Enforcement training.

Because there’s no calls of racial profiling to be heard, Contreras has fallen back to his last hope.

He attempts to call these police efforts “inhumane” and the county policy of enforcing the law “anti-business.”

With potentially thousands of illegal aliens leaving Prince William on their own without being rounded up and put on buses (as candidate Barack Obama believes would be needed), who are the real losers? Maybe a few local businesses that cater to, or hire, illegal aliens. Certainly not the local school system, hospitals, gang-prevention programs and other social service providers whose resources can now be used exclusively for citizens.

Once the majority of illegals move out, the local economy will stabilize and eventually flourish. Citizens from other jurisdictions will over time fill the empty homes and provide Prince William with a solid tax base.

The real losers seem to be the SEIU and the National Capital Immigrant Coalition. Both groups Contreras heads will lose their clientele base and member dues.

Of course, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s effective sanctuary polices make my state a logical place for fleeing, service-hungry aliens rather than their countries of origin.

Brad Botwin

Director,

Help Save Maryland

Anchor misses chance to grill Clinton on ‘betrayal’

On the anniversary of the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I listened to NBC anchor Brian Williams invoke the usual homilies in his interview of the three candidates for president.

However, if he had given it a moment’s thought, he would have realized the stark relevance of the fact that James Carville, a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton, invoked powerful religious imagery by accusing New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson of being a “Judas” and “betraying” the Clintons just for exercising his right to back a candidate of his choice; in this case, Barack Obama.

Carville apparently believes that Americans’ loyalty is owed to a political faction instead of to the national interest.

Instead of mouthing the usual platitudes, Williams should have asked Clinton: “How does James Carville’s reference to Bill Richardson as a ‘Judas’ and to ‘betraying’ you and your husband,’ fit in with Dr. King’s admonishment that “Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it?”

Nathan Dodell

Rockville

Media killed Clinton’s chance to be president

The massive overkill by MSNBC, Jack Cafferty and Fox NewsChannel have all but buried the chances for a woman candidate.

If Barack Obama screws up as president, they’re to blame.

Jack Donner

Alexandria

State, not churches, should set standards for marriage

Re: “Legalizing gay marriage will spark lawsuits against churches,” April 7

Roger Severino’s viewpoint on gay marriage made me laugh, until I realized he was serious. You can’t compare a justice of the peace to a priest, rabbi or pastor because the justice of the peace is representing the state. And a representative of the state cannot be a bigot, unlike a representative of a church, which always has encouraged bigotry. First it was slavery, then murder of people who did not believe in the same God, then silence during the Holocaust, then interracial marriage. What’s next, the Teletubbies? Oh never mind, they did that one already.

Gay marriage laws should not and will not make churches marry a homosexual couple, but the state will have to. There is something called the separation of church and state. Look it up, Rog.

Lou Tejada

Beltsville