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Winning Back The Hispanic Vote

An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal notes that "Republican presidential front-runner John McCain could help swing back to his party a crucial constituency considered lost to Democrats amid a rancorous immigration debate: the Hispanic vote."

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Letters

Readers are welcome to share their comments; send your letters to weeklyeditor@ilw.com.

Dear Weekly Editor:
Dear friends,I just wonder what is de difference between liar or say the truth,be honest or crooked,because many people succed when they lie or show fake papers and documents,you know what happened to me ,I was a very honest police officer after ten years working ,I just was a witness of the most big corruption in the top of the police in my work place,I complaint because I did not like,nobody paid attention ,due this was a big MAFIA,I tried to reach the big boss or minister of interior but many people put me a lot of barriers ,forcing and pushing me to resign,besides all this we had to fight against terrorists ,sometime they tried to kill me ,all this matters force me to leave the country and look for justice ,I tripped to usa asking for political asylum,after years of trial the judge decide to request information to the police of peru, about me and my complaint,as you imagine this corrupt guys denies all the charges ,also they added bad things about me like {he is a liar,he is a bad police,and he have a warrant) for sure they were not under oath like me nobody push or force them to say the truth,right after the judge order my deportation ,I could not believe that,for that reason I just wonder again,the american authorities still blind ,they dont know what kind of authorities are in the top of the government in south america,they steal alot of money and they do whatever they want without control,I dont know what kind of legacy I can give to my sons if say the truth or lie to succed ,I think is better lie if they dont want to end like me,after fifteen years working hard in america with an excelent background I should leave america,meanwhile I know a lot of people who cheated inmigration with fake marriage or fake documents,they are residents and other are citizens,some people call me stupid because I could marriage with some american citizen or for many other ways get the american visa,but I allways response is not my nature,I dont know lie ,the only I know is GOD is justice, this corrupt guys damage my life and is irreversible,you know what is going on right now in my country I just applied to come back to the police ,the response was Im too old ,no more but nothing regarding my complaint in usa or my deportation or something like that ,they knew what they done ,right now who is gonna give my life back,I lost everything ,just because I told you before ,who succed,in my country there is not a policy to protect people who complaint about corruption ,this last days the congress are studiyng the possibility to pass the bill for this cases,I hope something like this happened to me dont happen again to anybody,thank you for your time ,the last thing I have to say is I have no hard feelings against american authorities because they just done their job,the problem is here in my country where the corruptuion is killing the society.The most sadness part of this story is a left my family alone in america wife and three kids ,for the last three years I talk by phone with them but is not enough,my family needs my presence,the last sunday my wife call me crying and desperate because my older son tried to commited suicide ,but because her illegal status my wife could not call anybody for help,this is my real life my friends ,I dont know who can help me out at this point.

Pepe F.

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