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SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL 'A FRAUD AND A FAKE': GUEST OPINION

Letter date: 
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Letter publisher: 
The Hillsboro Argus
Letter author: 
Elizabeth Van Staaveren
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S. 744, the US Senate bill that Bob Terry is pushing (“Pass immigration reform now”, 8/1/13), is a fraud and a fake. It does not secure the border now or in the future. It only promises to do so, or have a commission look into the matter and make recommendations to be forgotten immediately.

The bill would grant 33 million new green cards in the first 10 years, while 20 million Americans can't find a full-time job. It repeats the mistakes of the 1986 amnesty – legalization before enforcement.
 
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Elizabeth Van Staaveren lives in McMinnville and writes on immigration issues. She is a member of Oregonians for Immigration Reform and can be reached at ofir@oregonir.org.
 
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