Our February 18th show which featured Brian Bilbray discussing 'A Candidate's Pledge On Homeland Security' once again brought out fiery emotion to our Audience eMail Bag.
"Rick
ENOUGH with immigration bashing! I am a regular listener, I enjoy the show, but I am getting sick and tired of your and Bilbray's immigration-bashing right-wing rhetoric. I am an immigrant and I think most immigrants are a better credit risk than a lot of Americans. I was going to call the show and tell you this, but I have had my own paperwork problems in the past and decided it's safer not to call."
Name and address withheld
Rick Responds:
Dear Name and address withheld,
Thank you for being a regular listener and for saying you enjoy the show. Once again, let me repeat, neither Brian Bilbray nor myself are anti-immigrant! In fact Brian is the son of an Australian immigrant, and I am the grandson of a Sicilian immigrant.
How
can you fault a nation for wanting to secure its borders and improve
interior enforcement...particularly in a post 9-11 world?
Thirty-six tunnels have been discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border since 1990. Who knows what and who
have come through those tunnels? Another tragedy like 9-11 and people
will be screaming at elected officials (and rightfully so) over
falsely-documented terrorists, living here undetected.
Feel free to call the show anytime. We won't *69 you, and we never report anyone to the CIA, FBI or IRS.
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