Allow Dreamers to serve country in armed services

U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego’s legislation to let Dreamer immigrants serve in the U.S. military makes perfect sense. What better way to let Dreamers prove they belong here than to prove it by risking their lives for our great republic.

This is the sort of reasonable compromise on immigration that our country needs to make. How ironic it would be if some of Gallego’s colleague’s in Congress who served in the military failed to support this idea.

Most of Gallego’s colleagues never accepted the challenge of serving in our military — the same challenge Gallego is making to Dreamers.

— Jim McManus, Phoenix

Worried about water? Worry about where we’ll get our food

Three cheers for letter writer Rick Temple’s comments regarding the real threat to our water supply (“Worried about water? Address the booming growth in Arizona,” Monday).

I would love to see a survey on this issue and more research by your paper on it. I’m willing to bet a large majority see it as Mr. Temple and I do.

But what do conservationists tackle first? Farmers.

How much of our food do you think will be grown here when all the farmland is eaten up by developments? Then be prepared for high priced and scarce food a few years down the road.

— Charles Bucher, Fountain Hills

Thanks, Mesa. You seem to have solved our larger water problem

Mesa gave a developer permission to build over 200 homes with a community pool, playgrounds, grassy areas, etc. in 2016 . Does that mean there is no water shortage and will be none in 2016? Sure hope so!

— Harold Dripps, Mesa

Think of this when pondering the Mohammed event in Texas

The First Amendment not-withstanding, it is a criminal offense to falsely scream fire in a theater. The reasons are obvious. Panic could ensue, and both members of the audience and first arrivers of the fire department or police could be seriously injured or worse. If the performance in the theater is not an intentional act of an audience member; but, rather an intentional act of the pro- ducers, a performance that places those who attend the performance, as well as the ariving first responders in grave danger less of a crime?

— Richard Carr, Phoenix

Enough of these bums. Let’s toss professional politicians

Enough is enough. It is time for term limits in national and state offices. When our democracy was formed, serving in the government was considered both a duty and a temporary obligation. There was no concept of a profession that would be labeled “professional politician.”

Capable and concerned citizens would join government functions for a brief time and then return home to manage their personal life.

Politicians for life have only created super wealthy government servants, government bondage (those loyal to their elected official because of the benefits they receive from the government), more restrictive laws and increased expenses to finance the ever growing government bureaucracy and programs.

As the expression goes, “Throw the bums out.”

— Denny Bates, Higley