Ken Herron

good things.

Our country has been built with immigrants from other countries. In the beginning, the only requirement was to be able to get to the country. A person could then apply for citizenship and it would be granted. We are now a nation of over 320 million citizens and it is necessary to screen those who come into our country. When the Democrats were in control of the presidency and congress, they saw the necessity of stopping illegal immigration. They passed laws favoring the building of a wall and the registration of all visitors into the country. They never put up the money and nothing ever happened. Now that a Republican president wants to actually build the wall, they are objecting to it.

We need temporary workers from other countries to assist during seasonal needs, but we need to control who they are and how long they stay. I have been a temporary worker before in several countries. In the United Arab Emirates, I could not work longer than two months without leaving the country and returning for another work period. I had to fly to another country and get my passport stamped to prove I was there and then return and apply for another two months residence in the U A E.

President Trump’s wall on the Mexican border is under construction in two locations and the locals are very pleased with the progress that is being made. The new wall is made from steel. It is 30 feet high and the top 10 feet is flat plate steel with nothing to hold on to if you manage to climb the first twenty