Disgusting

THE MAY 2 Oakland Tribune had on its front page the glorious protesters who gathered in Oakland. ("United for immigrants," May 2).

The pathetic thing was that they knew they did not have the numbers for any one agenda, so they brought in every agenda-driven group they could to make it look better.

The silliest groups were the pro-illegal immigrants and the anti-law wackos. One lady quoted pretty much summed them up for me. "We are here to denounce ICE authorities in our community. We know they have been terrorizing our members ... coming into their work places and their schools ..." etc., yada, yada, yada.

First off, it is not their community. It is ours. They are here in their homes, work, school, etc., illegally and do not deserve to be here and should be rounded up and sent back.

Yes, it may be expensive to do that, but it is even more expensive to allow them to remain. The drain on our economy can not be continue to be withstood.

One way to offset the cost of sending them back is to put them to work in some type of restitution. They could help build the hundreds of miles of fence line that is needed to keep them out. They could also clean up the tons of trash that they leave behind as they cross over into this country.

I could think of many other ways that would help out.

Another misguided group of protesters is the so called anti-war nuts. The photo of a CodePink

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protester on page A9 with a T-shirt saying "Bring them home" is typical.

Bring who home? Bring home the Jihadist terrorists so they can blow up the malls or even cut her throat. I have no respect for anyone who has no sense or any ability to see the clear and present danger that our troops are keeping away from our door.

But the main theme I resent is that this day is in celebration of Lenin's birthday. Celebrating the birth of history's most bloody, murderous, obscene person and his communist regime that continues today in several countries. Disgusting.

Thomas Scheibner

Tracy

After-school care

I AM A member of Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership.

Right now, fewer than two out of every 10 youth has access to an after-school program in Oakland. The majority of youth in Oakland cannot afford expensive tutoring lessons, job training or fancy music lessons. Youth need after-school programs to learn such things.

We are asking for a very small increase in the funding for youth programs so more youth in Oakland can have more opportunities to feel safe in a place that is educational, fun and informative.

We hope that people will support our ballot initiative and invest in the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth so that we can reach more youth in need of services.

Connie Chuong

Oakland