- Two New Jersey mayors participating in an immigration discussion at Princeton University yesterday agreed that the U.S.-Mexico border fence is "a waste of taxpayer money".
- Meanwhile, an eloquent reader of a central Illinois newspaper wrote an editor's letter yesterday in which he said that securing the border is necessary before considering immigration reform.
- A small California newspaper's editorial yesterday read: "No matter how much money is thrown at securing the fence on the border between the U.S. and Mexico (...) illegal immigration is as American as baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet."
- And yet another newspaper reader, this time one of the Washington Post, today writes: "The idea of doing border enforcement first and then addressing the other matters is a formula for making certain the other matters are never addressed, because sufficient political trade-offs would no longer be available."
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Opinionated soundbites: The border fence
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It is shameful that the WaPo endorses the idea of using enforcement -- which Americans are legally entitled to demand, because we pay for it through our tax dollars -- as blackmail in exchange for amnesty for lawbreakers.
Maryst,
The WaPo link is to a letter to the editor written by a reader. The opinions are not that of the WaPo.
Thank you I have noted that. However, this is also the WaPo's position, and that is the reason why the letter was chosen.
Sorry Maryst but letters to the editor do not necessarily = editorial
I agree anonymous but I know full well the open borders stance of the WaPo and they are in full agreement with this letter writer.
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