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From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Immigrants ("illegal aliens") in the U.S.
Message-ID: <168@talcott.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 17:04:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 17:04:08 1984
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> There are many different reasons why people from other countries,
> particularly Latin American countries, go to the U.S. Not the least
> of which is the extreme economic deprivation and political repression
> they face in the countries of their birth. Present and past U.S. foreign
> policy is the primary cause of this predicament. Name nearly any country
> in Latin America, look in the index of a decent history book and count
> wars, invasions, and military coups inflicted upon that country by U.S.
> governments.

Ok, I'll name one:  Cuba.  So, Castro is really a CIA agent?

> Of course "you" couldn't "just kick them all out". Moreover, "you"
> wouldn't even _want_ to "just kick them all out". Among other things,
> who would be picking "your" fruit and vegetables at starvation wages?

For some reason, the Cubans seem to prefer their "starvation wages."  And
who do you know that starved to death?

> I'm having a little trouble following the logic here. Do you mean
> that "you" are making them some kind of favour by not _requiring_
> them to become legal aliens?  Oh, how very nice.

Well, the crime rate in Miami has been going up recently... For some
reason, there are no public records on some of these criminals...
---
			Greg Kuperberg
		     harvard!talcott!gjk

"Madam, there is only one important question facing us, and that is the
question whether the white race will survive."  -Leonid Breshnev, speaking
to Margaret Thatcher.