What is not impossible is getting an opinion regarding immigration from those in the HVACR field. In an unscientific poll, NEWS readers responded en masse to a recent three-question online survey regarding this emotional topic - and, for the most part, those who took the time to state their case on the issue did not mince words.
"My personal take is that the illegal issue is very simple," said George L. Rodriguez, owner of ServTEC Air Conditioning Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.). "The federal government is not enforcing the immigration laws already on the books. Legal Hispanic immigrants, like myself - or even generational legal Hispanics - are dismayed and saddened at the conduct of the federal government in not protecting us. Legal vs. illegal, that is the question!"