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Letter to the Editor
Washington Times Letters Published 11/23/04 -- Posted 11/24/04
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20041123-080538-9146r.htmFrom the mountains of Colorado you can hear the shouts of approval for a halt to the intelligence bill. However, your article, although informative, did not give enough credit to the issue of illegal immigration in bringing down the bill. Unlike the House, which followed the recommendations of the September 11 commission report, the Senate refused to address the issue of illegal immigration in the bill.
The Senate never wants to address illegal immigration - and that is why we have an army of 12 million to 15 million illegal aliens camped out in our nation's neighborhoods.
Of course, the Senate was aided by George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, for it was on their collective 16-year watch that the army grew to its present strength, following the near-zeroing of the illegal alien ranks by the "first and only amnesty" legislation in 1986, which turned 3 million illegal aliens into 3 million legal aliens plus their extended families. That was one heck of an accounting trick, and now they are getting ready to do it again.
Fortunately for the American people, congressmen such as Jim Sensenbrenner, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo and the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus bravely stand with "We the people" and against the forces that would destroy America.
WILLIAM G. HERRON
Chairman
Defend Colorado Now
Evergreen, Colo.
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