House Dems have ridiculous view of illegal immigration

I hope all Oregonians read the June 27 letter from Rep. Joe Gallegos and his 34 House Democratic colleagues about the recent state Capitol rally which, they alleged, "celebrat[ed] the inhumane treatment of immigrants who've come to America merely looking for the opportunity to work hard for a better life."

Here's the letter's "best" line: "Keeping our state a great place to live – a place where all working families have a chance to get ahead and where everyone is treated equally – will require us to reject the poisonous idea that some families matter more than others."

So Oregon's House Democrats consider as "poisonous" the "idea" that they have more responsibility to American families than they do to non-citizens' families. They don't believe those citizens, the people who elect them, "matter more than others." Instead, they believe "everyone" in Oregon (including, as their letter makes clear, illegal immigrants) should be "treated" as "equally" as Americans.

What a great place that kind of thinking will make Oregon!

Joe Gallegos, send that letter to all the state's newspapers. If you do, we'll see a new majority party elected to the House in 2016.