In the May 2 story “Rally has fewer voices,” the Rev. Robert Beirne, a Catholic priest, is quoted as saying, “I think people are afraid.”

I wonder why they should not be afraid if they are here illegally. They are lawbreakers, are they not? I myself and all the people I know want them to be afraid. I would be afraid if I were a lawbreaker; shouldn’t anyone be? That is why the laws work against criminals: fear of the consequences.

We now have people like Father Beirne and many others counseling that there should be no consequences for breaking our laws, and that illegal aliens should come out and demonstrate for their rights.

We (legal residents) have the right to economic prosperity, better paying jobs, an affordable medical system, and taxes we can afford. We should not be forced to see our way of life changed into something we do not want and cannot afford because of paying for these users of our (all too generous) social system and our overloaded penal and court systems. They take, we pay.

Enough is enough. Let us hope that the fewer voices are a good sign for all us legal citizens. Let us send illegal aliens where they belong, wherever they came from. I, for one, will gladly help pay for their transportation home.

WALTER AMOROSO

Warwick