Letter: “Shutdown Fallacies”

I would respectfully point out, that in the LTE “Shutdown”, it is claimed that Senators Kelly and Gallego shut down the government to serve the needs of illegal immigrants. I feel this is an error on the part of the writer since illegal immigrants have no access to health care except through the services of the emergency room as do we all. I believe that while Senators Kelly and Gallego were the spokesmen for this request to the Speaker of the House, the vote to shut down the government had the full approval of Senator Schumer and the party. I would also remind the writer that our country consists of many other people besides its armed services and the military - most of whom have the same problems that government shut down will cause. As far as I am concerned, these two senators did do the “right thing” and prevent the theft of health care that a rogue president has caused and restoring that which we all worked for.