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p> ILLEGALLY YOURS br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Our Immigration Imbroglio : /p>

Great article by Mr. Tyrrell.

The problem is not immigration, it is Illegal Immigration. Breaking the law should not be the first thing newcomers to this country have to do. I am in favor of massive legal immigration. As you said, we can and must seal the borders. A huge Berlin-like wall. I'll worry what the rest of the world thinks of us when they quit breaking into our country like common criminals. Next, I'll allow massive, controlled immigration, especially from our southern neighbors. A modern-day Monroe Doctrine.

Also, I would severely limit visas, work permits, and citizenship for emigrants from hysterically anti-American populations. If our relations with Syria, France, Saudi Arabia, Iran and many others are already so bad, I can't see what further damage it could do. Hopefully we would also curb terror threats.

We need and want immigrants. Social Security cannot exist without it. But immigration should be on American terms. Not what Jacques Chirac, Vicente Fox, Fidel Castro or any other non-American would like our immigration to look like.

p>The poem says "Give us your tired, your poor…" -- not your criminals, terrorists or non-assimilating welfare leeches (ode to the French). br> -- Joseph R. Davey br> Tucson, Arizona /p>

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