Letter to the editor: Citizens shouldn't be paying for illegal immigrants

The following is from the Federation For Immigration Reform (FAIR), under the headline “The Only Thing Rising Faster than Inflation under President Biden is Illegal Immigration”:

“U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered 221,303 migrants illegally crossing the southwest border in March. The March totals are the highest since February and March of 2000, and the third highest monthly tally on record since the Border Patrol was formed in 1924. These historically high levels of illegal immigration are certain to be shattered in the coming months as the Biden administration is set to end Title 42 — the only remaining mechanism for expelling illegal migrants — in May.

“With Title 42 still in place, CBP was able to remove 109,549 of the migrants they encountered. That means the remaining 111,754 were processed and released into American communities.”

Dan Stein, FAIR president, said: “These nearly unprecedented levels of illegal immigration are NOT the result of circumstances beyond the control of President Biden and his administration. They are the direct and predictable consequence of deliberate policies adopted by this administration to open our borders and encourage mass migration.”

Elected officials are not doing their jobs. All of these immigrants should be taken to elected congressmen and women, and they should pay for their expenses privately. They should not be paid for by U.S. citizens.

Dan Yaklich

Delmont