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The Buffalo News

Letter: Keep America’s tax dollars for citizens and not refugees

October 11, 2016

My heart goes out to Barb and Jon DeLong after reading their very real concerns with appropriate pay for those they depend on to take care of their daughter, one of our most vulnerable citizens.

As a concerned conservative, it brings a question to mind: Why is it that our federal and state government has an endless pool of our tax dollars to import and take care of Middle Eastern refugees and children, then their families from Central America? Why is it they have an endless pool of our tax dollars to take care of illegal immigrants from Mexico?

We don’t have the tax dollars to care for our most vulnerable. We don’t have the tax dollars to give increases to Social Security for our seniors. We don’t have tax dollars to take care of our veterans. We don’t have the tax dollars to properly fund Medicare for our seniors.

We cannot afford to be a welfare state with an open border. With the election but one month away, please ask yourself, can we afford to take care of the rest of the world while ignoring the needs of our citizens here at home?

I for one will vote to take care of America first and to make America great again this year. I hope you will too.

Bruce Dittly

North Tonawanda

http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-keep-americas-tax-dollars-for-citizens-and-not-refugees-20161011

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philly.com

Letters: Kenney's political ploy to protect illegal immigrants

October 10, 2016

ACCORDING TO Daily News writer par excellence Stu Bykofsky, Mayor Kenney seems to be in a bit of a snit over Northeast Representative Martina White's brilliant political chess move called House Bill 1885, which targets Sanctuary Cities.

The question is, why?

Federal law is clear on this issue, and if the mayor brazenly decides to defy this law, you have to pay the price in cold hard cash, which will go to the families affected by Kenney's disregard for federal law.

Kenney wants to protect illegals because they mean more Democrat votes, that's all. Kenney knows that if the Democrat unions are to maintain power, they must stack the voting deck with illegal bums and criminals who will vote Democrat, in every election, in exchange for taxpayer-funded handouts for life.

Endangering Philadelphia citizens for a handful of votes seems a sinister ploy, but what else can be expected from a city that demands the removal of a statue of Frank Rizzo, the last symbol of law and order in the City of Brotherly Love?

Kenney accuses White of "dancing with the devil" with her dual efforts to pass HB 1885, and elect Donald Trump as president. But, this statement simply demonstrates how badly liberal Democrats such as Kenney underestimate the firm resolve of conservative Republicans like White.

"Dance with the Devil"? Conservative Republicans would stride down the scarlet throat of hell itself, and dice for the devil's throne, to pass this bill, elect Trump as president, and erect of statue of Trump, in the heart of Philly, as a symbol of this Republican victory.

Stuart Caesar
Philadelphia

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161010_Letters__DN_letters__Kenney_s_political_ploy_to_protect_illegal_immigrants.html

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ydr.com
YORK DAILY RECORD ˖ YORK SUNDAT NEWS PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK

October 9, 2016

Toomey stands for strong national security

In the U.S. Senate race, my top priority in selecting a candidate is their stance on national security. Every time I turn around the country is getting attacked by another terrorist, and it has to end.

Pat Toomey has stood strong against the Iran deal. This deal gives $150 billion American taxpayer dollars to the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Toomey's opponent McGinty fully supports this deal. She believes that if we only give Iranian terrorists more of our money that they will end their ways.

Toomey also supports ending dangerous sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities force local police to release illegal immigrants who are known violent felons or gang members if there is not enough evidence to keep them. McGinty would allow Sanctuary Cities.

Katie McGinty needs to wake up.

The choice is clear. Pat Toomey will protect us from those who want to kill Americans. Katie McGinty will not.

Chris Reilly
York Township

http://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/readers/2016/10/09/letters-trump-toomey-and-hillary/91837080/

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Montgomery
Media

mongomerynews.com

LETTER: Sanctuary cities should not get our support

October 09, 2016

To the Editor:

In a Sept. 22 article in the Inquirer, Mayor Kenney suggests that Rep. Martina White should spend more time working on school funding rather than proposing a law which would be “incredibly dangerous” by withholding funding from the sanctuary city which the mayor enthusiastically supports. He states that school funding would afford a safe, stable learning environment for children. Would school funding have saved the young rape victim of illegal alien Anguirre-Ochoa, which the Mayor’s sanctuary city policy has protected? Hasn’t the mayor’s policy been “incredibly dangerous” to this innocent child, or doesn’t she count? By holding the municipality financially responsible, Rep. White’s bill would allow at least some financial restitution for the permanent damage done to the victim and/or their families.

Mayor Kenney worries that Rep. White’s bill would make it less likely that an illegal alien would report or act as a witness to a crime. Is the goal of the sanctuary city policy to encourage and protect only illegal aliens? Isn’t the prime responsibility of our elected officials to defend Americans against those who violate our sovereignty and the integrity of our borders? Shouldn’t funding be restricted to only those communities that abide by our laws?

Illegal aliens may not trust the police. Philadelphians should not trust this mayor.

Maargaret W. Adelsberger, Willow Grove

http://montgomerynews.com/articles/2016/10/09/public_spirit_willow_grove_guide/opinion/doc57f7b13e2cf47721671278.txt

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Messenger-Inquirer

Time to take back our country with Trump

October 9, 2016

I support Trump because he projects strength, leadership and decisiveness. He has the common sense approach to problems, not the politically correct approach. Trump will be proactive. Trump will be a leader of the people and for the people. He says he's for Americanism not globalism.

He won't apologize for Americans. He has conservative principles and will be for all people, no matter their race, creed or religion. He has no ties to special interests.

Trump will be an agent of change and will take our country back to law and order. One of his priorities would be to build a wall to cut down on illegals and drugs. The Democrats are trying to replace the core of this country with immigrants they can control to vote for them.

Trump will rebuild our military, which has been depleted. When he defeats ISIS we can feel free again in our country and around the world.

He also has the goal of defeating Obamacare, reducing taxes and having school choice for children caught up in poor education in some schools.

Be sure to vote on Nov. 8. We have this privilege, which many in the world don't have. Let's take back our country after the failed policies of the past eight years.

Betty Baird
Owensboro

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/time-to-take-back-our-country-with-trump/article_2e0a6ed5-cce6-5a44-a036-e3774aef246a.html

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Black community isn't helped by loyalty to Democratic Party

October 9, 2016

I agree with the Post-Dispatch in the editorial "Blaming the wrong culprit” (Oct. 6) that the main reason for the increase in crime is not race but poverty, and that we make this wrong assumption because it happens that African-Americans are filling the ranks of the poverty-stricken at the highest rate. And I also agree that substandard access to good education, health care and employment networks leaves the opportunities for jobs severely limited.

What I find ironic is the almost blind loyalty of the African-American community and their leaders to a Democratic Party that supports policies that allow illegal immigrants to enter and stay in this country and take many of those few job opportunities away.

Until the black community realizes that for the Democratic Party the desire for more voters will outweigh the keeping of any promises made to them, and start to hold the party accountable, I do not see employment prospects for African-Americans improving anytime soon.

Chris Seibel  

Ballwin

http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/mailbag/black-community-isn-t-helped-by-loyalty-to-democratic-party/article_92d0ded3-4772-5e04-a1cb-30530ee1e432.html

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fo fayobserver

Letter: Trump right about illegal aliens

October 9, 2016

The DEA's 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary reports that due to the consequences of government (ie., President Obama's) failure to enforce/control the U.S.-Mexico border, the most significant drug trafficking organizations are dangerous and sophisticated Mexican drug cartels that continue to be the main suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and illegal marijuana. These cartels are responsible for extreme violence in Mexico and many criminal activities in our communities via illegal aliens. Therefore, Donald Trump was correct about criminal Mexican illegal aliens coming here.

In February 2016, the DEA said it busted an ongoing Muslim terrorist operation smuggling drugs. They have an ongoing project "which monitors the network of Hezbollah activities responsible for moving cocaine into the U.S." If they can smuggle drugs into the United States, they can smuggle terrorists.

The National Border Patrol Council testified before Congress recently that the Obama Administration reinstated its policy of "catch and release" when it comes to illegal aliens apprehended.

"We might as well abolish our immigration laws altogether," the House Judiciary subcommittee was told.

Simply, based on the above, our borders are not secure.

According to liberal Democrats like Hillary Clinton, if you want stronger border security, you're a racist. Believe in traditional marriage? You're a bigot. Think it's a bad idea to bring in more Muslims that we can't adequately vet? You're an Islamophobe.

And Hillary wants to increase Obama's 10,000 Syrian refugees by 550 percent? That's 5.5 million more non-vetted Muslims. How many will be terrorist infiltrators?

Dan Barton
Fayetteville

http://www.fayobserver.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-trump-right-about-illegal-aliens/article_7f25c3c5-b5b8-515c-9187-108471207938.html

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Ocala Star Banner
OCALA.com

Letters to the editor

Oct 8, 2016

Clinton and women

Why would a woman vote for Hillary Clinton knowing that she wants to bring thousands of Muslim men into this country. These men throughout history, and even today, abuse women.

The Clinton Foundation takes many donations from the countries that mistreat women. These people are not the traditional immigrants who want to contribute to our society but are bent on changing our society, including treating women as second-class citizens.

Every time I think of Hillary Clinton running for president, I am baffled by the Democratic voter feeling so strongly about their political party that they ignore the corruption, etc. that allows her to do so. Can't you put country first instead of your political party? Honesty, truthfulness, integrity is what America always stood for and still to this day stands for.

Alan McCartney
Ocala

http://www.ocala.com/opinion/20161008/letters-to-editor-for-october-8-2016


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The Christian Science
Monitor

Readers write: US economy

Letters to the editor for the Oct. 10, 2016 weekly magazine.

By Robert Shaw, Monitor reader | October 8, 2016

US economy

Regarding the June 21 blog post that ran on CSMonitor.com, “Will US productivity stagnate or flourish? Maybe neither.”: The article states that “US productivity performance has been utterly dismal ... [in] an eight-year rut.” The US economy is building a permanent state of stagnation by adding entitlements from debt instead of taxes. Immigrants are coming to the United States for entitlement instead of jobs. To build a sustained economic recovery, we need to control our debt and secure our borders.

Robert Shaw

DeLand, Fla.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Readers-Respond/2016/1008/Readers-write-Trade-solutions-US-economy

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HickoryRecord.com
For you. About you Every day.

Letters to the Editor: Now it’s America’s turn

From staff reports October 7, 2016

Now it’s America’s turn

“We need serious debate on such issues as trade and globalization and immigration, not pandering promises that he [Trump] nor any politician can deliver” (David Turman, letter, October 5).

That Trump promises are undeliverable is wishful thinking. Presidents have immense discretionary power.  Recall President Obama’s sweeping, unilateral executive amnesties for millions of illegal aliens.

The first part of Turman’s remark is more interesting. And it’s indisputable. There is a need for serious debate on trade, globalization and immigration. Why is it lacking?

Follow the money. Look to the donor class. At the beginning of each presidential election cycle, our globalist, open borders, free-trade donor class makes a heavy investment in the status quo. Recall the $130 million invested in Jeb Bush? The status quo works for the donors. They make sure presidential candidates are equally committed to the globalist, free trade open border agenda.  This takes those issues off the table. So, no serious debate.

Consider previous GOP presidential nominees George Bush and John McCain. Each was as committed to amnesty for unknown millions of illegal aliens as any Democrat. They were ideal GOP candidates for the donors. To be sure, Mitt Romney deviated a bit - at least in GOOP primaries. He quickly got in line for the general election.

Along comes Trump. He’s the reason there is even a vague realization that we lack debate on trade, immigration, and globalization.  Trump, predictably, does not do well with our big donors. See “Hedge Fund Donations: $123 Million to Hillary Clinton, $19 Thousand to Donald Trump,” Breitbart News, July 26.

The open borders, globalist, free-trade elite have chosen. Consider Billionaire George Soros. He’s a prolific investor worldwide in left-wing causes.  He’s Hillary Clinton’s biggest donor - at $12 million (See “Hillary Clinton Is Out-raising Trump 20-to-1 Among Billionaires,” Bloomberg, September 26).

A few days ago Soros wrote in Germany’s largest newspaper that Europe must welcome huge numbers of asylum seekers and economic migrants. It will be good for the economy, says Soros. It will indeed boost demand, consumption, borrowing and profits. Cui bono? Who benefits?

The billionaires have already “voted.” Now it’s America’s turn.

Tom Shuford
Lenoir

http://www.hickoryrecord.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-now-it-s-america-s-turn/article_b735a158-8cdb-11e6-be39-2f3f5924c12b.html

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BND BELLEVIEW NEWS-DEMOCRAT

October 7, 2016

November

Once, the framers figured out the way to unite the states without trampling on the rights of state governments. Arizona’s experience with illegal immigration illustrates the importance of the balance of unity and liberty. Some are trying to take both away.

In 2010, the governor of Arizona tried to enforce the existing immigration laws because the state was being flooded with illegal immigrants from south of the border. The federal government, deciding for reasons of its own that it did not want the border laws enforced, initiated legal action against the state. It is questionable whether that kind of federal interference helps to establish a more perfect union.

Fortunately, our system is designed to prevent the federal government from trampling on the rights of the States with impunity. Arizona could file a counter suit, or wait for the Legislative branch to produce new legislation, or for the Judicial Branch to strike down unwarranted intervention.

Will we in November go along with this Government-Knows-Best for everything, or will we vote for changing this idea?

John Schrand, Belleville

http://www.bnd.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article106611702.html

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MyrtleBeachonline

October 6, 2016

What don’t people get, terrorists want to kill Americans, no matter our color

BY DEBRA HAUGHT

Recently I have been diagnosed with anxiety. Is it any wonder?

I recently read a small article in the briefs section of The Sun News that said 858 immigrants from countries of concern have mistakenly been granted citizenship by the federal government. Really?

How can anyone who loves America and feels blessed and lucky to live in such a wonderful country not have anxiety?

Is there anyone in Washington who actually cares about what is happening to this country? I think there isn’t. The FBI dropped the ball so many times where they no longer have people on the watch list. I say once you are on that list, you should never come off.

Am I the only one who realizes that's what terrorists are hoping for? Just behave and stay back for a short time and the U.S. will drop them and then they harm as many of us they can reach!

Yes, we have always been a country that welcomed immigrants. However, immigrants wanted to come here for the freedom, for the chance of having a wonderful life, working for the chance to be part of the country, work for the opportunities that were not given to them in their country. (The key word is work.) They came here because they loved the U.S.A. - not to kill as many of us that they could.

We need to go back to being the country we once were. We need to once again charge people with treason. We don't to do that anymore. If you don't like it here, leave!

If you are upset about something, voice it respectfully. This garbage of having sports players not having respect for our national anthem goes much farther than disrespect. There is no other country in this world where they would receive the salaries they do here. We have become such a Greedy-Me Me Me World that there is no respect.

Yes, our forefathers were horrible to slaves, but they are no longer here and none of us have treated you as they did. I have never disrespected any person of another color, as our ancestors did.

It all starts at home. What we are taught is what we are. I have said before that Martin Luther King Jr. did not want us to be at odds. Our soldiers have fought and died for the freedoms we have, for that beautiful silk flag that we proudly fly in front of our businesses and homes.

My son said that no matter where he is, when they sing the national anthem, he stands still and gets goose-bumps. We need to join hands and make a human wall of love to keep out the bad guys that want to kill all Americans. And you can bet the farm that they don't care what color you are. If you are an American, they want you dead.

We need to allow the grace of God back into this wonderful country. With him watching our back and standing together against our foreign enemies, we may have success in making the U.S.A. the great country we used to be.

May God bless the U.S.A. and all of us who love this country and what it used to stand for.

The writer lives in Little River.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article106458022.html

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e missourian.com

Thoughts About Immigration

Werner Gerstmann, Marthasville 10-06-2016

To The Editor:

I am an immigrant to the U.S. (now a naturalized citizen). I was 19 when I came here. In my birth country the USA was looked upon as “a land of flowing milk and honey,” but when I came it was an economic recession and things were not quite as good as we thought. I had learned a trade “over there” and though the jobs were relatively scarce, I still found a job at minimum wage of $1.25/hr. The reason I write is that I do not understand the big uproar that we should let anyone come here without any hesitation and as someone just said, “Everyone in the world has a right to come to our country.” I would like to tell you briefly what was required of me to become a legal immigrant:

I had to undergo a physical and mental evaluation by an American physician and I had to have certain immunization shots.

I had to have a sponsor or I had to have a promised job here.

I had to deposit $1,000 with the immigration service. (The reason: If for any reason I could not provide for myself there was money to send me back where I came from, or if I was caught of any offense the service could send me back without cost to the government.)

I had to sign a pledge that I would report to the immigration service once a year (and if I did not I could be sent packing).

I was also told that I was subject to be drafted into the military.

If the immigration quota for my birth country was filled, my immigration visa request would be denied (luckily my birth country had an almost unlimited quota because everyone was either schooled well or had a trade and America wanted those kind of immigrants).

Strangely enough I was not required to speak English (and I could not).

We thought over there that these rules were good and readily accepted them. After all, who had the great privilege to come to America.

That thinking seems to be existing even today but our government and many, many citizens think that there should be no requirements for anyone to come. That pollutes the American society from what it always has been � life, liberty aand the pursuit of happiness under a law called the Constitution. When I talk with some legal immigrants here they agree with me, but many illegals seem to think that they should have no restraints put on them to come to America.

Think about this, folks: This election coming up can really keep us sliding down what it means to be a citizen of the formerly great USA. I would like us to go back to what the immigration laws were when I came. They were just and required something from me. It was not free.

http://www.emissourian.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/thoughts-about-immigration/article_81344533-7e38-5897-a7cc-cb90368e02c6.html

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Oakland Press
Opinion

Letters to the Editor: Presidential Candidates

Posted: 10/06/16

Country will suffer under Clinton rule

What if Hillary Clinton should win in November? You can expect a huge influx of migrants, immigrants, legal and illegal and others who do not plan to leave this country.

Welfare costs will skyrocket. To feed, house and take care of medical needs of thousands of migrants, legal and illegal.

Crime rates will increase with undesirables coming for free everything.

All welfare offices, etc. will be swamped with people looking for hand-outs.

The unemployment rate will jump as U.S. workers are laid off from their regular jobs to make room for the immigrants.

The legal U.S. citizen will suffer.

This is just the beginning. And the list goes on. Those of us who can pay will shoulder this huge expense.

I ask you, is this what we want for our future? If you do not like this, vote Republican.

Bruce Jacobsen

Lake Orion

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/opinion/20161006/letters-to-the-editor-school-board-and-the-presidential-candidates

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New Haven Register

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: Liberals ignore dangers, costs of illegal immigration

10/06/16

A famous speech made in 1995 proclaimed a larger number of Americans were highly disturbed about the number of illegal immigrants entering our country and pledged a crackdown and promise of deportation and tighter security. He said illegal aliens are creating big problems for the United States and we need more border agents to secure our borders. He stated he would stop people from coming into our country and taking our jobs away. He further said he would cut off all welfare and deport people in record numbers. For this he was praised with great ovations and people said he was a great president; this was Bill Clinton.

Now that Donald Trump is saying the same things, he’s a racist, a divider, and against blacks and Muslims. Trump is criticized for wanting to build a wall to protect our citizens; why can’t people who want to come here do so legally? It’s costing taxpayers millions to keep illegals in our country. They have the right to commit murder, rape and robberies and traffic drugs all with the protection of sanctuary cities. Hillary said she will allow our borders to remain open, giving aid, welfare, housing, free college and even use expanded executive action to allow this to continue. No wonder Trump says that the system is rigged. Democrats have already “mistakenly” allowed upwards of 1,600 people who should have been deported to become legal citizens. These people will be supported by taxpayers. All the bleeding-heart liberals only care about votes and rushing legalization before Election Day. This only proves the point that they don’t care about our safety. Illegals and Syrian refugees will never live near Hillary Clinton, nor will they live near Penny Lane in Woodbridge. Let’s not forget there have been 89 murders committed in America by extreme Islamic terrorists since 9/11. Our liberal leaders continue to refuse to recognize the situation; I agree with Trump that we have a rigged and crooked government. As I have said before, it’s time to wake up, America.

Vincent Cirillo
Branford

http://www.nhregister.com/opinion/20161006/letter-to-the-editor-liberals-ignore-dangers-costs-of-illegal-immigration

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ip THE ISLAND PACKET

October 5, 2016 2:58 PM

Letter: Obama refugee policy makes no sense

At his final visit to the U.N., President Barack Obama extolled the benefits and need for countries, especially the U.S., to welcome more refugees, especially for the U.S. to take even more Syrian refugees. Hillary Clinton proposed an even larger number in the past.

Almost all of us are descendants of immigrants and support rational immigration of vetted people who wish to assimilate and become loyal Americans.

However, Obama made no mention of the 858 illegals (or non-documented aliens) who were criminals and scheduled for deportation but, due to another mess up by this administration, were all given full citizenship and released. Some are claiming the number is as high as 1,800 of such illegals. Yes, these true illegal criminals can vote in November, just like you.

There has been considerable criticism of Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr. using Skittles as a metaphor for some being unique out of many. I would have likened it to Russian roulette. Why aren’t Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq - all rich and predominately Muslim - not taking them? After all, Obama is so influential in the Muslim world, or so the press implies.

Why should Western countries, which are predominantly Christian, take millions of refugees, yet those Muslim countries won’t take them (or any Christians at all)?

If you were not aware of these aliens who were to be deported becoming voting citizens, I did not see it in the local papers either.

Richard Geraghty

Bluffton

http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article106176862.html

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       PENN
PA LIVE

Electing Hillary would be troubling: PennLive letters

October 05, 2016

Very soon America's highly politically divided voters will elect our next president. What is extremely troubling to me is that the Democratic Party may be successful in placing their candidate in the White House. If this occurs, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be a president who embraces a long list of policies that are, and will continue to be devastating to our beloved America.

She will be a spokesperson for a political party that seems to be in the process of rewriting Webster's Dictionary to further their socialistic agenda. For example, the word "illegal" immigrant has been redefined as "undocumented" person. I'm sorry, but the real dictionary defines illegal alien as a person who unlawfully enters a country without legal authorization.

We currently house thirteen million plus such individuals in America. What a giant slap in the face to those immigrants who have become citizens the legal way. To be fair, Clinton and company do understand the meaning of the word "border" as long as our borders are open borders.

In fact, her stated plan if elected would be to welcome about one half million unvetted Syrian refugees to our country. Would somebody please ask her how that has worked out for Europe?

So before voting, ask yourself if you really want another term or two of the same old, same old, or could you vote for a non-politician, who at the very least knows that America desperately needs to elect someone with the courage to address its many issues.

RON KELLER, Swatara Township

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2016/10/hillary_clinton_10.html

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MILWAUKEE˖WISCONSIN
JOURNAL SENTINEL
PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK

Letters for Wednesday, Oct. 5

October 4, 2016

Today’s letter writers discuss language.

Facts don’t change

Somewhere along the way Islamic terrorism became “man-made disasters” and fetuses became “products of conception.” Now we have changed illegal aliens to “undocumented immigrants.”

In each of these cases, we are changing the perspective of what is going on. By changing the focus from Islamic terrorism to a more generic “man-made” situation you minimize the involvement of Islamic Jihadists.

Products of conception being removed from a woman’s body is less traumatic than a fetus, and undocumented immigrants almost sounds as if they didn’t have their paperwork in order, completely reducing the fact that what they have done was illegal.

We need to understand that redefining an issue doesn’t change the facts and shifting the narrative doesn’t make it right.

Mike Braun

Oshkosh

http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2016/10/04/letters-wednesday-oct/91563738/

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THE DAILY NEWS
tdn.com

Letters:

October 3, 2016

Safety first

The Cascade Mall Shooting is an example of our legislators failure to protect innocent residents from crimes committed by immigrants. This young man was also allowed to vote in our elections the past two years. It seems apparent he was a troubled youth but no one prevented this crime.

I contacted my 19th District representatives over a year ago about the safety of Washington residents with the refugee program. Rep. Brian Blake said his main concern was the visa program. Did he do anything about his concerns? Obviously they have failed us, and I encourage residents in the 19th to put new representatives in these seats.

We should be able to go to public places in safety. These things didn’t happen 30 years ago. We have a serious problem in this country and especially our state.

We need representation that puts Washington state residents first.

Gail Bonagofski

Chehalis

http://tdn.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-worth-the-work/article_87435179-6b4a-5920-8e7a-175922698332.html