A Warning to Santa Clara County: Do Not Cut Services to Citizens In Order to Pamper Illegal Aliens!

By John W. Lillpop


Dear Editor:

In the Mercury News editorial of May 14, 2007 (Residents Must Heed Budget Call), residents are urged to attend board of supervisors meetings because “supervisors need every creative idea” in order to avoid $227 million in budget cuts.

Here’s an idea, not particularly creative, but well worth considering:

Do not provide services to illegal aliens. All such people are criminals who have no legal or moral basis for being here.

By refusing to coddle illegal aliens with public services, three important objectives will be realized:

1. Taxpayer dollars would no longer be squandered on those not entitled to services,

2. Without free handouts, Santa Clara County would lose its appeal and illegal aliens would start to self deport, and

3. Those in Mexico and elsewhere who are considering an invasion across our borders would receive a message loud and clear: Do not bother, freeloading is no longer viable.

Should Santa Clara County elect to cut services to citizens in order to accommodate illegal aliens, a legal battle of epic proportions will ensue.

Let county officials be forewarned: Citizens are fed up with taxpayer dollars being spent on illegal aliens at the expense of those who legitimately belong here.

John Lillpop is a recovering liberal.