Letter To Editor - Mr. Harry R. Major

Letter from Mr. Harry R. Major,
1416 N. Vista St., #2
Los Angeles, CA 90046
14 May 2008

Dear AfD
I have in the past been a supporter, but I was so shocked by the latest newsletter that I must ask to be dropped from your mailing list immediately. The article by William Robinson on immigration was grossly irresponsible journalism.
Comments—
1) The article mixes legal and illegal immigrants. The difference is crucial.
2) The article uses smear words (such as “repression” and “racist nativism”). It is a note of extreme prejudice where sober thought is needed. Mr. Robinson seems to be confused about the fact that immigration policy is a matter of law; therefore, it is open to debate, and the various views need to be examined without hysteria and vicious categories or labels.
3) It is not irresponsible to want control of the national borders.
4) The immigrant problem (both legal and illegal) is part of a bigger question; what is our national carrying capacity? We now have over 300,000 ,000 people in the U.S. Can we carry 400,000,000 or 500,000,000? These issues need to be addressed; California, for example, has a state deficit of $24 billion (estimates are not precise). We need to ask if we can handle more and more people here (whether or not they are natives). We grow at 400,000 or more a year. Comments about “anti-immigrant hysteria” do not solve our budget problems.
Even the title of the Robinson article—“The Fire This Time”—is over-the-top. I have found the view a group has about illegal immigrants to be a key point of eveluation of that group. AfD has failed badly. I no longer support you.
Regards

Harry R. Major

P.S. The “humane” bill backed by Bush and Obama is unwise. Illegals won’t pa a severe fine, nor will they return home. What does the bill propose for illegals who ignore it.