Letter: Illegal immigration is a crime, period

Monday, June 5, 2006 | 7:19 a.m.

In its May 28 editorial, "Real battle not yet begun," the Sun suggests that the Senate immigration bill has a flaw because it would be difficult to sort through how long millions of illegal immigrants have spent in this country. That's ludicrous. It is like saying that there are so many petty thieves (or insert any other misdemeanor here you prefer) that we should simply publish public service announcements telling them not to steal again.

The Senate version is so monumentally flawed and for the most part such a digression from the will of the American people, one can only hope the House conferees stand their ground. The House version is probably too harsh in some respects, but it recognizes how angry most citizens are about this issue. That is something that seems to have escaped the majority of senators. Immigration is not bad, illegal immigration is. Most citizens believe that and are not extremists for thinking so.

Richard Conner, Las Vegas