Ignoring the law condones illegal behavior Re: “P.G.’s expulsion rate of illegals raises questions,” April 4
The term “noncriminal illegal aliens” makes no sense. People who are in this country illegally are criminals.
Hooray for Prince George’s County and other jurisdictions for expelling anyone found in this country illegally. When we ignore any law, we are tacitly condoning unlawful behavior.
Just because an illegal invader has not yet committed another crime does not grant him or her any right to remain here. Crossing the border illegally, residing in this country without permission, and falsifying employment documents are all good reasons to deport someone. And the fact that they were willing to commit a crime to come here most likely predisposes them to commit another.
If we evict all illegal aliens we encounter, we will send a message to the others: Leave now or be deported later.
J.L. Underwood
Fulton, Md.
Conservatism will die if whites become minority
Re: “GOP shouldn’t panic if whites become a minority,” April 2
Michael Barone says it’s a “mistake” to view blacks, Latinos, and Asians as a single unified voting bloc, but then cites figures to the effect that about 60 percent of Latinos and Asians vote Democratic. Does he really need to be reminded that if “only” 60 percent of a rapidly growing group consistently votes Democratic, Democrats are more likely are to win elections?
The situation is even worse for the GOP than it sounds because of the Electoral College. Latinos are concentrated in a few states. If they transform Florida and Texas into solid electoral votes for Democrats, as they did in the former GOP bastion of California, then a Republican path to 270 votes becomes well-nigh impossible.
More importantly, if the Republican Party abandons its principles and transforms itself into a liberal party in order to win the votes of liberal minorities, then the party as we know it will be dead even if it wins elections.
If whites become a minority, conservatism will surely die — even if the GOP as such does not. Those who believe that liberalism is destroying America should view this prospect with deep concern.
James Perry
Arlington
American politics is tainted by big money
Politics in America is seriously broken, and there is little hope the problem will be fixed in the near future. The brokenness will only increase as more and more money is poured into the campaign coffers of political candidates who can be bought by big contributors and lobbyists who want special favors.
As long as the five conservatives on the Supreme Court rule that “money is speech” and “corporations are people,” our country is stuck with injustice for the majority middle class and poor. Currently, the court’s scales of justice are narrowly tilted in favor of the small, rich minority. Our country is a government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.
I don’t believe a plutocracy is the kind of government our founders envisioned. If we don’t begin to take greed out of capitalism and big money out of politics, we face a bleak future.
Paul L. Whiteley Sr.
Louisville, Ky.
