If you are living in the United States illegally, and could move to two different states, would you choose the state that requires proper documentation prior to issuing a driver’s license and lacks any special order preventing state employees from asking a person about immigration status?

Or the state that issues a driver’s license without that documentation and has an executive order preventing employees from asking for information about a person’s immigration status?

The answer is obvious. The second state is called the state of Maine.

I was saddened to see, in a Feb.14 article, that David Farmer, Gov. John Baldacci’s spokesman – as well as the current editorial board of the Sun Journal – believe a majority of Mainers are too numb to see the difference.

I have vivid memories of Sept. 11: the falling Twin Towers, exploding bodies, people who chose to jump to their death rather than be burned alive, and the endless suffering of people who were alive but mutilated.

I cannot believe regular citizens have to fight so hard with the government to return a basic sense of security and protection to Maine.

Farmer says he has been disturbed a “bazillion” times about the executive order. I’m sorry he’s disturbed by people being inquisitive about safety. Isn’t that what he is paid for? The terrorists of Sept. 11 had driver’s licenses but expired visas; the rest is history.

If elected representatives don’t do everything in their power to protect citizens, what other choice is there but do it ourselves.

Monique Aniel, Mexico