One can see the warning signs everywhere. The gang graffiti on the sides of agricultural barns, on the school walls, on the public road signs, and on private properties. One can see the spike in crime.
The groups of 25 or more Mexican youth at the park concert on Friday night who bear no taste for the live music. Many feel the pinch of unemployment and stymied economy as this problem spirals out of control. Yet amongst these complaints, we can loudly her the voices of dissent from the big businesses who seek to hire these illegal immigrants to quench their bloodless greed.
I read one piece from a pear processing company earlier this year which stated they need more immigrant workers in spite of the unprecedented numbers we are fostering today. This rears its head as a prime example of intellectual and moral bankruptcy. And the voices of dissent say, “They are taking jobs you wouldn”t do.” Or perhaps we would, were it economically viable.
Perhaps the wages of the packing sheds are so low an American homeowner couldn”t pay their mortgage with them. Conceivable these big businesses should draw a smaller profit and look at the long term effect of their actions, not in terms of profit, but in terms of what is healthiest for our community as a whole.
If the signs continue to be ignored and no action is taken, the people who have encroached upon our land will attain legal status, gun rights, voting rights, and they will vote into office a government that resembles that of where they came.
Clint Fitzgerald
Lakeport
