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From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Unlimited immigration?
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Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 06:20:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 06:20:12 1983
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Some interesting comments from Steve Den Beste:

> We cannot accept everyone who wants to enter the U.S. from elsewhere in
> the world. We do not have the ability to accept everyone from Mexico and
> points south who wants to come here - *whether they are fleeing from
> political oppression or not*...

> I know that this sounds hard-hearted - but damn-it - we cannot handle 20
> million refugees a year!  (You know, I think given the chance that half the
> people in Mexico would come here!)...

> If people are illiterate and uneducated, speak no english and have no
> useful skills or talents, I don't see why we want them.

No doubt Steve's thoughts reflect the sentiments of the majority of the
population of this country.

For good reason -- if we opened this country to all comers, our standard
of living (as measured by TV's, cars, and $$) would drop considerably.
Perhaps even as low as in most `third world' nations. We might all end up
riding bicycles and eating vegetables!

Each and every one of us has big bucks at stake here. The status quo is
our rightful inheritance, and we must be prepared to protect it!

Our forefathers cut out the finest share of the world's soil so that *we*
might enjoy it. They schemed for centuries to give us technological and
economic leverage over the rest of this world. And now it's ours!

So why should we share it with some spanish speaking natives? What right
do they have to it?

michael :-(  :-(  :-(  ...  ==>  @=