Friday, October 10, 2014

'Father of man killed by illegal immigrant demands president visit son’s grave'

   This article was posted back in September on the Washington Time's website. In the article,  Don Rosenberg, the father, wrote a letter to Obama about visiting his son's grave as an illegal immigrant killed his son in a car/motorcycle incident. He talks about how when people talk about immigrants, to take in fact the immigrants families, but what about American families and how they are being affected by them. 
             "'Before you illegally say, ‘Welcome to America’ to those who have caused so much pain and suffering, on your next trip to California let me take you to Drew’s grave, and you tell him this is the right thing to do,'"
    I think that, as morbid as it sounds, any one could have caused the accident, legal or not. He continues to talk about how there about 3,000 people who are in car accidents cause by illegal immigrants in 2010. I would like them to see how many people are killed by legal citizens in drunk driving accidents, compared to this 3,00 in all of 2010.
     "According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 33,561 people died in traffic crashes in 2012 in the United States (latest figures available), including an estimated 10,322 people who died in drunk driving crashes, accounting for 31% of all traffic deaths that year." (Taken from responsibility.org) 
     Even taking out the 3,000 illegal immigrants from this number, for possible illegals driving under the influence, you still come up with at least 30,000 citizens killing others in car accidents. Yes this is a big deal, but this incident could have happened another way, or may not have happened at all. 


Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/2/father-of-man-killed-by-illegal-immigrant-challeng/#ixzz3FizqYMe3 
 http://responsibility.org/drunk-driving/drunk-driving-fatalities-national-statistics

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