To the editor:

This is in response to the February 9th article about Rep. Delgado's “...focus for the legislative year ahead” for Congressional District #19.

Perhaps if Rep. Delgado and his Congressional colleagues would spend less time and money on pointless impeachment of a “no-longer-president”, military occupation of the nation's capital and provision of services to the thousands of “undocumented immigrants” pouring into the U.S., there would be sufficient funds for the kinds of programs Rep. Delgado proposes - including his proposed $50 billion dollar Direct Support for Communities.

The Low estimated cost to impeach former president Donald Trump is $3 million. The estimated cost to maintain the military deployment in Washington D.C is $480 million.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GOA) estimates $19 billion for services to “undocumented immigrants” but other sources expand this to $116 billion. GOA also notes “illegal aliens in the United States generate more in costs than revenues to federal, state, and local governments COMBINED. (emphasis added)”

All these apparently essential Congressional priorities are paid for with taxpayer monies - all supported and voted for by Rep. Delgado and none of which benefits a single American citizen.

We would be much better served if Rep. Delgado's initiative would be funded with the billions of dollars he and his colleagues “waste” each year. It would certainly help alleviate the “burden” born by local governments he seems to care about so much...a burden which the state and local governments just turn around and place on the shoulders of its tax weary communities. Perhaps Rep. Delgado should “readjust” his focus.