"As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal
immigration there are some things that you should be aware of:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large
southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school,
meaning that its students average lower socio-economic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about-South Gate High, Bell Gardens,
Huntington Park, etc.- where these students are protesting, are also Title
1 schools.

One hundred percent of the students in this school and other Title 1
schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free
breakfast I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll --but a full breakfast
and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud.

The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being
dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least
moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones.

The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant
girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the
inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch
their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding
for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my
budget was already substantial.

I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center; half of
which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative
students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education
in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers
whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the
country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female
teachers, calling them "Putas"(whores) and throwing things that the
teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc.
Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to
demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To my bleeding-heart friends who want to point out how much these illegal
immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the
real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, Medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more
crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new
diseases etc., etc., etc.
As for me, I'd be glad to pay more for my tomatoes.

We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because
we won't have the guts to enforce it.

Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave
and return?

There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to
our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage
and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way.

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture
that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and
dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an
American culture that has become so weak and worried about "politically
correct" that we don't have the will to do anything about it.

If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you
know."