Why Pedro Didn't Vote

I just read a news article that said Hispanics made up around 6% of the vote last Tuesday. The author of said article was puzzled by the lack of Hispanic turn-out. I'll try and explain...

IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGAL CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE!!

Just like you shouldn't be allowed to draw any kind of welfare/social services. Or get a job. Or bond out of jail. Or even be here.

I am so tired of being called a racist. When did national pride or concern over the security of my country become a racial issue? Why am I supposed to watch what I say in order to keep from offending people who don't belong here in the first place?

These people don't want to be Americans. They wave Mexican flags and watch Spanish television. They segregate themselves from mainstream America more than any other group in the nation. They refuse to learn the language. They are arrogant and insolent toward American citizens and police.

Why did Vicente Fox spend three months of his campaign tour in the United States?
Why doesn't Mexico secure her borders?

When illegal immigrants began raising Mexican Flags at US Post Offices and Schools, I became more angry than I have ever been over any political issue. Even more upsetting was the lack of news coverage of these events.

My children go to school with children of illegal immigrants. The teachers are constantly struggling with the language barrier. Valuable classroom time is taken away from the English-speaking students in order to play catch-up with the illegal immigrants.
Then I have to hear about the wonderful contributions these people are making to America.
Soldiers are reenlisting now more than ever in my unit, not because they are planning on a career in the service so much as they need the bonus money, because there are no jobs available at the local chicken plant.
Then we hear how these people are taking jobs that Americans don't want, anyway.
My friend on the local drug task force tells me of a drug smuggling ring here in town that is led by illegal immigrants. No one will testify against these people because they are afraid. The Mexican gang that these men represent has a reputation for burning down houses and killing entire families.
Then I hear how these people are good and decent and just want to provide for their families.

So maybe I am a little judgemental. Maybe I am a little skeptical of the motivations and intentions of the Hispanic men that I come into contact with.
The racial tensions created by this situation are not the problem, however. The security and safety of my country IS the issue.