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To: Jim Robinson
On the other hand, I don't care much for organizations or publications that are totally devoted to opposing Mexican immigration. That is not what this website is all about. Those of you who are devoted exclusively to halting Mexican immigration should have no problem finding a forum elsewhere on the net to discuss the issue to your heart's content. The Internet is full of it.

Thank you for providing a little further explanation for your policy against posting material from VDare and American Patrol. However, I respectfully disagree with some of your assumptions.

The fact is that, according to INS and Census Bureau, at least 70% of all illegal immigrants are from Mexico. Almost all illegal immigrants come into the United States by violating the U.S./Mexican border. Because of this most news coverage of the immigration issue focuses upon Mexico, Mexicans, and the U.S./Mexican border. Sites such as VDare and American Patrol are primarily made up of collections and clippings from mainstream news outlets. Therefore, it may appear that those sites are intentionally and "exclusively" focusing upon opposing Mexican illegal immigration when that is not necessarily their intention or design.

It would be impossible to cover the illegal immigration issue without appearing to focus primarily upon Mexico.

As for American Patrol, of which I am far more familiar, I can assure you that they are much more upset about the flow of OTM's (Other Than Mexican's) from terror-sponsoring nations that are crossing the border and evading capture.

I know this is your website and you can dictate as you please. I know that illegal immigration is "just not the most important issue to [you] at this time." However, I'm sure that Michael Jackson dangling his baby over a balcony in Germany is not the most important issue to you either, yet multiple threads on that issue were allowed.

No one is asking you to allow racist threads or to make illegal immigration your number one issue. We're just asking that legitimate threads on illegal immigration which contain content from such worthy sites as American Patrol (not StormFront - not SpotLight) be allowed to exist along with all the other threads and topics on Free Republic.

75 posted on 11/22/2002 9:46:12 AM PST by Spiff
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To: Spiff
Your post is excellent, and it reflects my thoughts too.
76 posted on 11/22/2002 10:25:33 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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