No Syrian refugees and timeout on all immigration

On this Thanksgiving Day I have wonderful memories all the way back to my childhood.

Concerning the refugees wanting to come here and Obama committing to bringing in 10,000 and, of course, the Democratic leaders pushing him to bring in 100,000. I understand all the Americans with a big heart wanting to help these Muslim refugees. But with the terrorists wanting to infiltrate these groups and get inside the United States to murder as many American citizens as they can without regard for their own life, no!

We cannot afford to put our children and families at risk when they go shopping, jogging or to a movie. Oh, it cannot happen here. This is the United States of America, and we are free and safe; besides, our wonderful government protects us.

Yep, wide-open borders, Border Patrol ordered to stand down and stop being so aggressive protecting the citizens of America.

Stop this insanity and build "safe zones" over there and protect them with a combined force in tent cities if you will. That would be less costly for us and cut down the chance of any terrorist sneaking in. Of course, they are already here and it is only a matter of time.

Call me selfish, but when our veterans cannot get the help they need; 95 million people are out of work; 50 million people are on food stamps; prisons are overcrowded, and the price of food is going up, we cannot afford to allow any more refugees and illegal aliens to come in.

Stop all legal and illegal immigration for five years and get this country cleaned up. Stop sending billions of dollars over to countries that hate us and start helping the needy here.

Mike McLeod

Palmetto

This story was originally published December 1, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "No Syrian refugees and timeout on all immigration ."