Sad day for America.

Like most people, I hold many distorted beliefs. When one of these beliefs is shattered, it can be a painful process.
I believed that U.S. veterans fought for the rights of ALL people. Not just white, middle class America, but for all of us. I also believed that they fought for our allies, and respected and upheld the constitution.
This is not true. Yesterday, several veterans paid the court costs of a woman who broke the law. She released thousands of names, along with personal information, to the media. She claimed that all of the people on "the list" were illegal immigrants, who were receiving services from the state. This woman had no way of backing her claims, she didn't work for ICE, she worked for DWS.
To me this is not about immigration, it is about the law. The same people who call these criminals "heroes", are the ones who also call this "a nation of laws". Well, if your last name is Velasquez, the law that protects your privacy, well doesn't.

I would like to remind those vets, that we are not at war with Mexico. They are in fact our allies. You swore an oath to protect ALL of us, not just the white ones. You swore an oath to protect our allies, ALL of them, not just the white ones. You swore an oath to protect our laws, ALL of them. You swore an oath to protect the constitution, ALL of it, not just the amendments you like.

By taking the side of a criminal, over your oaths, you have brought shame on the U.S. military.
Ask yourselves how many of your fellow servicemen were on that list. Quite a few Mexican,and Hispanic people serve this country. Many of their families receive food stamps and cash aid from DWS.

I don't know what to do with these feelings. Clearly I must support the troops. I do so now, with a heart that is heavier than yesterday.

Utah's immigration list

Hello,
All right this issue is all over the news, and the Fox news message boards are all aflame with praise for the two state workers who created this list. Some are going as far as calling these women "heroes". What really upsets me about this whole story, is the news media has not told us how many of those named on the list are undocumented workers. This matters to me because if these women just picked out Hispanic names and threw them on a list we should know that.
To me this is not an immigration issue, it is a privacy one. I am one of those people who have information stored with workforce services, my privacy should be just as important and protected as anyone else s.
The misconception seems to be that those of us who take offense at this list believe that people should come and go as they please. This is not true, we simply want to see a country that stays true to it's foundation, we are all of us immigrants. The Native Americans didn't ask us to come here.
What we need is to make it easier to legally come to this country. We also need to help stabilize Mexico, they are our allies.
The people on that list are people who are doing the right thing they are using the proper channels to find work and help provide for their families. The women who created this list are not "heroes" they are people who took advantage of a position of trust given them by the jobs they held. They should be ashamed of themselves.