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To: Miss Marple
I take people as individuals. There is good and bad in every racial and ethnic group.

There are way too many illegal Mexicans here and legal ones too. There is no reason this nation needs to be merged with that rotten nation to the south. There is no reason to allow in so many legal Mexicans and Central Americans. Due 95% to family reunification. 

Instead  we should be allowing in English speaking educated folks from around the world who would love to live here. It's idiocy to allow in the uneducated riff raff of the planet. We've been doing this for far too long. It's time for some balance, to do as Canada and Australia do. To allow in those with some fluency in English and job skills

72 posted on 12/08/2002 12:24:29 AM PST by dennisw
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To: dennisw
"Instead we should be allowing in English speaking educated folks from around the world who would love to live here. It's idiocy to allow in the uneducated riff raff of the planet. We've been doing this for far too long. It's time for some balance, to do as Canada and Australia do. To allow in those with some fluency in English and job skills"

This would sound like a pretty reasonable approach to me.I agree we need to be selective,and carefully regulate who enters the country.This country was founded on immigrants,but we can't continue to be the land of opportunity for third world countrys the world over and expect to take care of established citizens.


74 posted on 12/08/2002 11:52:18 AM PST by Drippy
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To: dennisw
The LEGAL immigrants are here for opporrtunity. They are not doing anything wrong. I would respectfully argue that many immigrants in our history came to this nation not knowing English, and learned it subsequently.

Also, if you are only wanting highly educated, English-speaking immigrants, I think that there will be some objection from engineers, doctors, computer experts and others that perhaps these people would compete for the jobs they have invested their lives attaining.

I also object to your characterizing Mexico as "our rotten neighbor to the south." Your anti-Mexican feelings are poorly disguised, and are not consistent with a reasonable foreign policy.

Rather than attacking all Mexicans, and their country, we should be trying to figure out a reasonable way to get the immigration under control and actively enlisting Mexico in the effort. Your attitude is guaranteed to alienate a huge chunk of VOTERS in this nation, and will not accomplish anything but increased balkanization of our country.

75 posted on 12/08/2002 12:01:04 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: dennisw
There are way too many illegal Mexicans here and legal ones too.

Tough. What part of LEGAL don't you understand?

93 posted on 12/08/2002 9:37:11 PM PST by PRND21
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