Letters to the Editor
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Anthony Lewis Said It Best This Morning On NPR
He was on "Forum", talking with Michael Krasny about his new book Loving the Speech You Hate (at least I think that's the title). He stated quite firmly - not merely with "a jaundiced eye" - that the concept of "hate speech" was antithetical to the 1st Amendment. The representative of La Raza lost all credibility when she kept trying to bring up the imaginary distinction between free speech and "hate speech." But then, in the context of this discussion, she never had any credibility to begin with. If Dobbs were railing against a wave of illegal immigrants from Norway or Sweden she'd have nothing to say and she damn well knows it, and so does Dobbs.
As for the issue of illegal immigration, I am sick and tired of the "they're here" argument. Yes, it would be logistically impossible (and a disaster for civil liberties) to deport them all at once. But the question I want to ask "supporters" of illegal immigrants is this: What about next time? In 1986 3 million were given amnesty. The result? 20 years later the number of amnesty-seekers had more than quadrupled to 13 million. What will the number be the next time? 52 million?? When and where does it stop?!
The only solution is a phased removal of these people over a set period of time sufficient to ameliorate the impact on both them and the American economy. Only illegal immigrants with children they can verify were born here should be offered the option of amnesty. The rest of them have to go, and the border with Mexico needs to be sealed. Then, and only then, when our laws are obeyed and some equilibrium is restored, should we turn our attention to rendering aid and assistance to the Mexican economy.