Guest Editorial-My Brothers and Sisters

Valuable thoughts from a dear friend from the Sonoran desert:

"Where Are My Brothers and Sisters?

If you recall, ten days after 9-11, the INS Commissioner, James Zigler announced the following:

'I want to personally urge the immigrant community to come forward and assure everyone that INS will not seek immigration status information provided to local authorities in the rescue and recovery efforts.'

And yet, today no one has come forward from either the Department of Homeland Security or the White House to encourage the immigrant community to come forward and utilize the available medical and social services without fear of being rounded-up and deported. Sadly, our governmental officials cannot bring themselves to "do the right thing" and yet, they continue to politely reach backwords to accept our taxpayer dollars as part of their monthly compensation as our national employees.

Shame indeed!"