-=> Quoting John Sampson to Jean Halverson <=-
 I snipped alot---
 
 JS> What Roland was addressing was the ILLEGAL ALIEN problem. He is not,
 JS> from  what I've read, against LEGAL immigration. Or are you suggesting
 JS> that it's  justifiable for aliens to enter and remain in this country
 JS> in violation of  the law?
 No, what I'm saying is that quotas placed on legal immigration are unjust
 due to racism. And I disagree with the common statement that _all_ Mexicans
 are leeches on our society, whether legal or illegal. I am saying that the
 social welfare program that we have is a contributing factor in allowing
 people who cannot work into the country. It wasn't that way before welfare
 and if we got rid of welfare, alot of the problem people would not want
 to come here.
 Having grown up in a family that is proud of its' racism I find myself
 rather sickened by it. 
 JS> I'll take it one step further than Roland and will assuredly incur
 JS> your  ire. I believe that the Federation of Immigration Reform's (FAIR)
 JS> policy  that we should have a five year moratorium on LEGAL immigration
 JS> is the  correct course to take. We have been overwhelmed for many
 JS> years.  Application backlogs exist to the point where someone who
 JS> applies to become  a naturalized citizen in Denver, Colorado has to
 JS> wait 23 months before  their interview. And it's much worse in the
 JS> major cities such as New York,  Los Angeles, etc. 
 JS> We simply cannot absorb the record numbers of people who are coming to
 JS> this  country, both legally AND illegally. If you have a solution to
 JS> this  problem, I'd love to hear it. But rest assured that I along with
 JS> my  co-workers have looked at every possible solution. We just simply
 JS> cannot  continue at the pace we are currently experiencing. 
 Why can we not allow the numbers of immigrants into this country that
 would come? We surely are not experiencing any of the problems that 
 overcrowding is supposed to bring? 
 Jean Halverson
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