Dear Sen. Edward Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Edward Markey:

I am writing you in earnest having spoken with many fellow Massachusetts residents who are incensed by the Congress' current moves to give "amnesty" to illegal immigrants. A majority of the people I've spoken with in Massachusetts -- Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike -- firmly oppose any other solution than finding, arresting and deporting each and every single illegal alien that lives in this country and refuses to become a citizen the legal and proper way, especially those who are driving down our wages by taking over our jobs.

I am willing to pay market price for goods and services provided by American workers, rather than by illegal aliens, and I don't believe market prices would change if companies were forced to employ only legal residents. It is my opinion that companies employing illegal aliens at minimum wage have not lowered the price of their goods and services but have only added to their profits after abandoning their American work force.

If Congress will not act by requiring the president to enforce current immigration law and by creating a stricter policy against illegal aliens by making their presence here a felony, then we Americans will have to act against a Congress that taxes us and no longer represents us. We will vote incumbents out of office to begin with, and take further action if and when it is necessary.

Please act now to remove illegal aliens from this nation and prevent more from coming or face an angry people who no longer feel represented by their leaders.

Sincerely,
Andrew J. Manuse
Libertarian
Watertown, MA

For my letter to two news organizations' editorial boards...

My Letter to the editors of FoxNews.com and WorldNetDaily.com:

Illegal immigrants that do not seek citizenship under a provision allowing them to do so should not only be prosecuted as felons, but they should also be deported.

To ease the logistical concerns of deporting so many people, I recommend the INS and other government enforcement officers attend these rallies where illegal aliens protest holding foreign flags and arrest every single person in attendance who is not a legal resident of this country. These aliens have given us the perfect opportunity to deport them and we are not taking it. We must act now.

We, as American citizens, cannot allow non-citizens to continue to shape our society and our nation. We cannot allow them to benefit from our society without also taking upon themselves the responsibilities of citizenship. On the contrary, immigrants who are willing to become citizens and take on all the accompanying responsibilities should be welcomed into our society.

It seems to me that Congress is no longer representing the will of the people of this great nation, and if our representatives continue to pander to an illegal, non-citizen group of individuals, then they must be removed from office.

This Congress and this president are the most lawless and criminal group of people whom have ever sat in office. Congress has sat idly by while this president has continuously flaunted the law, with his unconstitutional wiretaps and his approval of torture, for example.

Now, this government expects American citizens to allow illegal aliens to replace them in their infrastructure-level jobs, such as construction and landscaping. There are hundreds of thousands of Americans willing to work in these jobs if they are paid a fair wage. Additionally, there are thousands of people on welfare who are completely able to work in these jobs whom we are supporting in their current, useless capacity because illegal immigrants are doing jobs they could otherwise do.

Both Congress and the president are a disgrace to our Constitutional Republic and must be removed from their offices.

- Andrew J. Manuse, Libertarian, Watertown, MA