Dear Editor:
I must respectfully disagree somewhat with Gary Endelman in his "The
Solution To Illegal Immigration in America" and agree with
John H. Frecker and millions of other Americans who do not believe that
present restrictive immigration laws that limit entry are
inappropriate. What is inappropriate is to say that these laws have
failed when there have been no fully sincere enforcement efforts made,
but only token or highly prioritized ones. The reform to immigration
laws that is needed is not to eliminate employer sanctions or
legalization by way of amnesty. The existing loopholes should be
eliminated such as the one allowing citizenship to a child born here by
an illegal and present enforcement enhanced by the CLEAR Act enabling
local law enforcement to assist ICE in the identifying of illegals.
I applaud Mr. Endelman for his support of the
"circular rather than settled' concept which provides for the return of
illegals/workers rather than a pass to citizenship, but with an
estimated ten million illegals now, why do we need any additional
program that has no limits to further entry including the illegal
variety? These "solutions" only ensure unlimited legal immigration in
addition to the illegal kind. In David Murray's letter, he likens the
"bad law" of immigration to the "bad forest management" in causing
forest fire problems. The truth is, the existing forestry management
programs (which would have prevented or reduced the fires) have not been
allowed to be fully implemented because of lawsuits and opposition by
the environmentalists, much like the hinderance of immigration law
enforcement by special interests. While the latter are certainly
entitled to their opinions, they are frequently in opposition to the
interests and desires of the citizenry. See:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back1402.html.
The poll found that 60 percent of the public regards the present level of immigration to be a "critical threat to the vital interests of the US," compared to only 14 percent of the nation's leadership, a 46 percentage point gap. Immigration laws and any reform cannot be based solely upon economic issues from the standpoint of special interests. To citizens, quality of life, sovereignty and busted budgets are of greater concern and should be given greater consideration by elected representatives.
R. L. Ranger
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