ILLEGALS: And now he's interested

A month ago Senator Crapo’s local office dismissed concerns of the flood of illegal aliens entering our nation across the southern border. Instead, I was advised talk radio was only interested in hyping their ratings and I shouldn’t place much credibility in any information that came from talk radio.

Now with the news being of top concern nationally, Senator Crapo advises what we have already known — we need to secure our southern border and then pass “meaningful immigration reform.”

Never mind that no other country in the world matches the diversity we already have thanks to laws already on the books but ignored by the federal government. With no plans to return the thousands coming across the border, might I suggest we empty our prisons of the illegal alien felons by deporting them to their homes south of the border? We will be needing the space to house those gang members and criminals arriving to take advantage of the entitlements and comforts of our prisons.

JOHN ROOK

Coeur d’Alene