Friday, September 28, 2007

Out Of The Shadows

Pedro Zapeta, an illegal alien from Guatemala, doesn't like the USA. "I no longer feel good about this country," Zapeta says. Why? Well, it seems Pedro broke the law by sneaking into America 11 years ago. He never learned English during those years, but he did manage to save up $59,000 and broke the law again by paying no taxes.

Now, he has broken the law once again by trying to leave the country with his $59,000 without filling out the required US Customs declaration.

Pedro sees it differently. "They are treating me like a criminal when all I am is a working man," he said. Pedro, doesn't seem to think that the laws which apply to everyone else should apply to him. I wonder how many US taxpayer supported benefits he availed himself of while paying nothing in taxes himself.

The article at CNN calls him an immigrant, but he is not. He is a trespasser who tried to take what he could and return from whence he came. He then has the gall to condemn the country he violated. Break the laws in Guatemala, Pedro, and see what happens to you there.

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