Dear Editor:
It is hard to be too critical of David Murray's recent letter when he properly refers to
limited immigration advocates as "restrictionist" and not
anti-immigration as some do and I certainly have tried to openly support
that position as the proper, prudent one. But it is he who becomes lost
in the forest with his rambling fire analogy and critical comment on
Rep. Tom Tancredo "and his lot".
To the applause of millions, Tancredo is fighting the real fires and
those of excessive entry and was recently commended by Secretary Norton
of the Interior Dept. for his outstanding leadership in rousing support
for the recent passage of their Appropriations Bill and funding of the
fire suppression programs. Murray's letter blames everyone except the special interests who are a big reason why we
don't have stronger laws and/or enforcement of immigration laws and more
effective forest fire control. At www.fairus.org , a number of pending
legislative proposals are listed, which most Americans want, but the
special interests have opposed, just as environmentalists have impeded
many fire management proposals. One of these, would address the
undeserved granting of citizenship to the birth here of children of
illegals, a point that we both agree on. Another proposed law, the SAFER
Act (Securing America's Future through Enforcement Reform) introduced by
Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-SC), has the potential to provide the resources
and reform our legal immigration system so desperately needs. This
legislation would attempt to strengthen our borders, increase screening
and tracking of aliens, remove alien terrorists, criminals, and human
rights violators, enhance enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, expedite removal proceedings, and reduce emergency immigration
workload levels. What true American could not support these goals? Yes, "we need a labor
pool" as Murray states in his previous letter, but that need not dictate
that unlimited foreigners fill that need.
A limited, Bracero type program with secured borders and no citizenship
by birth, together with sensible restrictionist legislation and reduced
government taxes and spending (which puts enormous pressure upon
business and individuals to cut costs) is the proper solution to
immigration, sovereignty and citizens interests. Otherwise, all but the
elite will wind up as workers on the global plantation if the
out-or-control fires of immigration are allowed to continue.
R. L. Ranger
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