Tuesday, March 6, 2007

One step forward, two back . . .

Whenever Valley Park (Missouri) Mayor Jeffery Whitteaker begins thinking about illegal immigration — something he does quite often — his mind fills with unpleasant visions of Mexicans pouring into town.

"You got one guy and his wife that settle down here, have a couple kids, and before long you have Cousin Puerto Rico and Taco Whoever moving in. They say it's their cousins, but I don't really think they're all related. You see fifteen cars in front of one house — that's pretty suspicious."

". . .illegal immigration leads to higher crime rates, contributes to overcrowded classrooms and failing schools, and destroys our neighborhoods, and diminishes our overall quality of life."

[Barely 2% of Valley Park’s 6,518 residents are Hispanic . . . there’s no evidence that the city’s immigrant population is growing and crime rates are at an all time low]

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