I begin my writing challenging anybody to show where our present illegal immigration policies stand to do more good for this country than bad. The bad far outweighs any good. Amnesty, for god’s sake, is not the answer.

For starters, the answer is to secure our borders. Obama and the Democrat Party do not want a secure border.

Polls show a majority of Americans want our borders secured and don’t want amnesty. You would think the Republican controlled Congress would support most Americans but the GOP leadership in Congress would rather side with big business that wants cheap labor. The GOP leadership in Congress is not listening to their constituents – on a whole host of issues.

Like me, there had to be millions upon millions at the point of tears when watching on TV Kate Steinle’s father when he said his daughter’s last words were “help me Dad” as she lay dying following an illegal immigrant’s bullet. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, with seven felony convictions, returned to sanctuary city San Francisco even after being deported five times and for no good reason killed a 32-year-old beautiful inside and out young woman. Proof our border is unsecured. In case you haven’t heard, sanctuary cities are just that – a place for illegals to go to be left alone and not be bothered by law enforcement.

When an illegal enters this country unlawfully –hello – they are breaking the law – period! It’s the sign of the times. We have a lawless president who chooses which laws he wants to adhere to and which ones to ignore whether it’s immigration or anything else. What the heck, media, his Democrat Party, and an inept Congress, don’t hold him accountable, and most courts don’t either so our president does what he wants to.

Our president had the gall to sue my home state of Arizona because – can you believe – Arizona wanted to enforce “federal” immigration law that are on the books. There are all kinds of federal immigration laws that are being ignored by immigration agencies as per Obama’s orders.

Are there God fearing, kind, hardworking illegals coming into this country? Absolutely, but let’s do some math.

There are between 12 and 13 million illegals in this country as we speak and most but not all are Hispanic. For the sake of discussion let’s do some math. But, before I do, readers need to be aware that liberal media (mainstream media being the same thing), Obama, liberals, progressives, Democrats, and some Republicans don’t really want an honest fact finding discussion on immigration. Who in the heck are we to know the truth, if you know what I mean? Who knows best, we the people or those I just mentioned?

From 2008 to present, in Texas alone, there were 645,000 crimes committed against Texans by illegals. The statistics for all states are staggering looking at illegals committing crimes against Americans that include homicides, rapes, robberies, drugs, DUIs, etc. No, the stats for crimes of one American on another American are not the same.

Let’s say 4 out of 5 illegals are good people. One out of five, or 10 or 15 is a bad apple. How many thousands of Americans are being killed, raped, robbed, drugged, etc. if we have 12 to 13 million here unlawfully and even a small percentage out to do harm? Is it worth it? Obviously not!

Nor can we afford the price tag of paying for millions coming here with the blessing of the Mexican government to get on welfare and have American taxpayers pay the bill. .

Nor can we afford to give jobs to millions of illegals with 93 million Americans leaving the work force because they can’t find work.

Nor can we take care of every poor person on planet earth. What would we do with a billion poor people that exist in the world who would love to come to America? Besides, what we see happening with illegal immigration in this country has very little to do with helping the poor – it’s politics.

Nor can we afford to have millions coming here that have no intention of assimilating and wanting to change the culture of this country. I didn’t say all want to do that, but there are far too many who do. I should point out that many legal American Hispanics see the same problems for this country that I am writing about.

Best selling author Ann Coulter, in her new book, titles it “Adios America” and that speaks volumes, if you get the point. She says when the bathtub starts to overflow you turn off the faucet.

Last point: Do we as Americans want this country run by one party from now until eternity? If Obama has his way, illegals will get amnesty, followed by the right to vote, stuff the ballot box, and have Democrats with their liberalism forever run this country. As with the black community, those Hispanics will overwhelmingly vote Democrat. Besides guaranteeing Dems run this country until the end of time, you can bet big business donors wanting cheap labor are regular visitors at the White House.

I concur with Ann Coulter that immigration is the biggest issue of our times, and it is my contention that the negative in our immigration policies at present far and away outweighs the positive.

Les Knoll lives in Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.