A Polish American Contemplates Polish Illegals in Chicago
August 25, 2003
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According to the recently retired head of the INS`
Chicago District, Poles rank second behind Hispanics
among the Chicago area`s
large illegal alien population. (A recent report by
FAIR estimates there are 500,000 illegals living in
Illinois.)
So my socks weren`t blown off when I received a
forwarded copy of an August 5 letter written to members
of the Illinois General Assembly by Christopher Kurczaba,
president of the
Polish American Congress` Illinois Division.
In his letter, which asks support for proposed
legislation sponsored by
Sen. Miguel del Valle that would give drivers
licenses to illegal aliens, Kurczaba (e-mail
him) parrots the now familiar but very lame argument
that licenses would "improve highway safety" and, of
course, greatly enhance national security.
"The current situation [i.e.,
upholding the rule of law] leads to a deplorable
condition in which [illegal] immigrants
(regardless of their driving ability) are forced to use
their foreign driver`s licenses because they cannot
obtain a license in Illinois. In case an [illegal]
immigrant is involved in an accident or another incident
that requires a license as identification, they do not
have such a document."
Here`s where it really becomes heart-breaking:
"This inconveniences other drivers who are involved in
these incidents. There is no way to track or identify
who these persons are unless they have a drivers
license, or form of identification issued by a state
authority."
None of this would be a problem if illegals weren`t
here. So the solution, as I see it, is to
(a) make it uncomfortable enough for those who wipe
their feet on our laws to return home on their own, and
(b) serious interior enforcement that leads to
deportation.
Voila!
Fewer people on our already congested roads and, as
Kurczaba says, "a greater level of security for all
Americans."
OK, OK, there`s a couple trade-offs: Some of us may
have to cut our own
lawns and have fewer ethnic
restaurants from which to choose.
But, as a nation of immigrants worthy of the name, we`ll
again show the world how tough we are in the face of
adversity.
The letterhead on which Kurczaba`s whining appears is
particularly annoying: At the top is PAC`s logo that
includes the upper portion of the
Statue of Liberty,a symbol that glorifies a system
of government that rests on the rule of law. (Uh-oh!
Maybe that will have to go in light of PAC`s apparent
disenchantment with that notion.)
In the bottom left corner of the letter is a colorful
reminder that October is
"Polish Heritage Month," which leaves me
wondering: Is it part of Polish tradition and culture to
encourage people to enter other countries illegally and
then demand to be treated as well as citizens?
Growing up in a Polish family on Chicago`s South Side, I
don`t recall my parents, other family members or
neighbors pushing the idea that criminals should be
rewarded and, in the process, encouraging others to do
the same.
Even our seedy Democratic precinct captain at the time
stopped way short of that. OK, so he once tried to buy
my late grandmother`s vote with $2 and a box of candy,
but she told him to go to hell. (Gramma loved Harry
Truman, and she thought this guy gave the party a bad
name.)
Dave
Gorak [email
him] is the executive
director of the
Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration
in LaValle, WI. Read his VDARE.COM archive
here.


