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Media bad, illegal immigration worse

The illegal student at Transylvania University, Paola Garcia, is right: President Donald Trump is not her president. Because she’s illegal, her president is the leader of the country from whence she came. Whether she should be deported is an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement decision, not that of the newspaper or whining, open-border liberals. She is no different than a bank robber, as she is breaking the law.

The problem with our country now is the power of the media, which calls the shots regarding right and wrong. When has the media ever been right? They rate right up there with Congress. The new hate label applied to anyone you don’t like is racist; it used to be communist.

Hooray for the student who exposed her illegal status, we need more taxpayers reporting these lawbreakers. For 30 years, illegals have invaded our country, broken down public safety, warped the education system, strained public welfare, endangered national security and cost the taxpayers billions of dollars a year. Twenty million illegals have almost broken down our societal structure, and what have taxpayers gotten in return? Mexican restaurants in every little town in America. Obey the law. Illegal immigration stinks.

Robert Adams

Lexington

This story was originally published September 22, 2017 at 6:10 PM with the headline "Media bad, illegal immigration worse."

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