I found it to be good placement of letters when on Jan. 6 the letter regarding same-sex marriage preceded a letter on illegal immigration. My point is that our own American citizens are being denied equality, yet according to the website cited in the second letter, illegal immigration is costing us the equivalent of the state's budget deficit in "services" to those here illegally. Absurd, but isn't this the American way these days?

I am happy that letter writer Jack Robinson woke up to the fact that illegal immigrants do, in fact, receive benefits from the state. I know firsthand as I worked directly with these people using Department of Social and Health Services dental benefits. I have written at least two previous letters on this subject. The DSHS website states it has benefits for those who cannot prove they are in the states legally. Yet if you are a legal citizen of the United States, you must prove your identity with two pieces of identification. What? I urge you to check this out.

Diane Crawford, Kennewick