[Jeff Higgins]

I had some dumb b!tch hand wringing ninnie liberal college student come knocking on my door the other night. From King County, no doubt. Surprised she had the chops to venture door to door with this agenda in redneck Snohomish County. Must not be from around here. Anyway, she had some petition she wanted me to sign. It had to do with "undocumented residents" and protecting them. "After all", she snivelled, "families are getting split apart..." I cut her off.

"What the hell is an 'undocumented resident'?", I asked rhetorically. "It's a resident without legal paperwork", she answered. "It's an illegal alien, then." "Sir, we don't like to use that term. It has such negative connotations." "Well I do. My mom is a first generation German imigrant. My dad was third generation Irish. Both here legally and 'documented'. If folks back then could follow the legal process, these folks sure as hell can today." "But sir, you don't understand... families get broken apart when..." "But they wouldn't if they either A) came here legally, or B) stayed home."

Fuch 'em. The only "amnesty" we should grant them is access to a free bus ride home. They can file the paperwork on the way out, and come back legally if allowed to do so. It is time to start upholding the law on this. We all come from somewhere; those of us very close to that history, with family members who can relate going through the legal process still alive or held close in our memories, probably resent these illegals more than most. There is no reason to be easy on these people. When and if they come back legally I will welcome them with open arms. Like I said, we all come from somewhere.