No sympathy for illegals, please
No one is quite sure how many illegal immigrants there are in our country but some estimates put it at two million. Has the writer ever thought of the social cost and implications to the citizens of this country?
They have not only riot in detention centers, they bring their parochial feuds from their homeland and go on rampage and arson here. The writer will not be driven by such humanitarian impulse if some illegal immigrants had broken into her home, attacked and robbed her, as some victims have experienced!
Does the writer have statistics on crimes perpetrated by migrants, both legal and illegal? The lock ups are filled with these people. What about those not caught and cannot be caught because being illegal immigrants, the authorities have no record of their existence, let alone whereabouts?
Are they humane when they rob and rape us at knifepoint, kidnap our children, spread the drug habit, etc?
Let us not play Mother Theresa here and indirectly encourage foreigners to illegally enter into this country by hitting them with kid-gloves when they are caught and detained.
Who would be deterred from repeatedly entering Malaysia illegally if one's worst experiences when caught, is to be detained in some well-ventilated and mosquito-free domitory, with plenty of water to bathe, and served three meals a day before being deported home to circumstances that might be worse than those in detention centres?
Every country including those with so-called credible human rights records has the right to protect itself against hordes of immigrants from other countries that bring social problems, tax the health care service and compete with locals for economic livelihood.
Every step should be taken to stop their entry, and if caught they should be punished and deported rather than swathed in comfort while in detention.
