Thursday, February 12, 2009

I'm confused.

Did you know that our government offers visas to illegal aliens who report crimes committed against them and cooperate in catching the perpetrators? Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's to prevent an illegal from staging a crime against himself and then cooperating to catch the "perpetrator" in order to get a quick visa? And do illegals who report other illegals get a visa? After all, they're cooperating in catching a criminal, aren't they?

Note for The Paris News proofreaders: Again, may I remind you that "affect" is the verb and "effect" is the noun. Low water pressure may affect firefighting efforts and the resulting effect could be catastrophe. But low water pressure cannot effect firefighting efforts, unless you mean that low water pressure can bring about firefighting efforts.

"Few crime victims helped by 2000 law." The Dallas Morning News; February 8, 2009; p. 6A.

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