Dear Amiga Connie,

I cannot help it that I learned the Pledge Alligence and the Star Spangled Banner in school. After all, I am American! Not only do I know the Pledge Alligence and the Star Sprangled Banner, I also know how to bake an apple pie! (Thanks to my sister Juanita).

I don't know why the ICE (INS) people feel they need to round up people that are working...why don't they round up people that are NOT working, and who are doing things they shouldn't. There is something wrong with this picture, don't you think? Why are they picking on working people? There was a lot of sad kids at Christmas time. So much for "happy holiday" Most of these kids were born in the US and are American citizens. They are no different than anyone else. I wonder if they will have a trusting relationship with law enforcement. what kind of message are we sending them? The land of the free and the home of the brave? as they haul away their loved ones, in chains, on TV! How ridiculous is that? Why don't we display and shame rapists and child molesters that way?

We don't seem to have a problem with Canada or Canadians, or Irish, English, White Europeans. Why are we so concerned with our Mexican neighbors? Don't all Americans like to go there and party? They like to send their kids there to party too! MTV seems to cover it very well. You don't see them going to Canada to party. They don't retire in Canada. They go to Mexico! They know when they got a good thing going! Good climate, Nice people, their dollars are worth more, right? More bang for the buck! Can you see retiring in Canada? Not hardly! Maybe the wall should be built to keep those Americans out of Mexico! They're ruining the economy for the Mexicans paying $5 a day in their factories, and filling their heads with nonsense to come to the US! Those crazy Americans should be charged for brainwashing!

So what do you think about that, Connie?