Letter to the Editor: Outhouse Position on Immigration Purposefully Misquoted

To the editor:

Recently, a letter from Croton-on-Hudson resident Molly Greece who purposely and grossly misquoted my position on immigration has been circulated to the press. She did so to spur "outrage" and to manufacture "bigoted comments that wreak of conspiracy theories". Just like Catherine Borgia, who called Rob Astorino a Nazi just because he disagreed with her on making Westchester a Sanctuary County, Ms. Greece is using the language of hate to dishonestly muddy our political discourse.

I truly believe that diversity is what makes America great and strong when immigration is legal. When it is illegal, it taxes our social system, our jobs, and for those who break the law, our communities. I will work for immigration reform while supporting all citizens fairly.

Overcrowding and illegal housing modifications put our immigrant population at risk, and in an emergency, first responders of becoming trapped. What supporters of illegal immigration are really supporting are: landlords charging excessive rents for poor and unsafe living conditions taking advantage of our immigrant population; and, employers who take advantage of illegal immigrants by paying them unfair wages.

Illegal immigrants have been victims of child trafficking, incest and rape. Some Illegal immigrants are afraid to report deplorable acts and conditions, for fear of deportation. So let's not work to keep them ILLEGAL. I will work to help them become legal to protect our citizens.

You can see my position on this, verbatim, and many other issues, at outhouse4westchester.com.

Ms. Greece, is an active member of Indivisible, a local political activist organization along with Ms. Borgia, reported my position as "What supporters of illegal immigration are really supporting are ... child trafficking, incest and rape." Ms. Greece skips an entire paragraph of content to fabricate such an outrageous and irresponsible thought. Think of the consequences if we were to tolerate such dishonesty in politics. We could claim a political opponent said absolutely anything with three dots.

If you're like me, you're tired of these political games and the toxic environment. When elected, I promise to join the bi-partisan coalition in county government to hold the line on property taxes, grow our economy, and find common sense non-partisan solutions to the opioid crisis and the closing of Indian Point.

As a career police officer and volunteer firefighter/EMT, I have always put people before politics. That is what I will continue to do as your legislator.

Robert J. Outhouse

Westchester County Legislator Candidate, District 9

Peekskill – Croton-on-Hudson – Cortlandt Manor – Ossining – Briarcliff Manor