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Wyden takes up the wrong cause: Letter to the editor

Letter date: 
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Letter publisher: 
OregonLive.com
Letter author: 
Cynthia Kendoll
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"Your fight will be my fight," U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden told a crowd demonstrating for illegal immigrants' "rights" at the state Capitol earlier this month. If it is, that fight will be against the very constituents he was elected to serve.

Just over two years ago, in the November 2014 general election, those constituents rejected illegal-immigrant driver cards by a whopping 66 percent to 34 percent margin. In doing so, voters made clear their opposition to policies that reward and encourage illegal immigration.

If Wyden really wishes to wage a fight, it should be to advance that voter mandate. The way for him to start is by supporting President Trump as he works to secure our porous borders, punish illegal-immigrant "sanctuary cities," and remove illegal immigrants from the jobs they are taking by the millions from young and lower-skilled Americans.
 

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