Immigration letter was illogical

Letter date: 
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Letter publisher: 
Gazette-Times, Corvallis
Letter author: 
Lyneil Vandermolen
Letter body: 

Ricardo Small's May 24 letter about immigration substituted cliches and emotion for critical thought.

First, no one says that people are illegal. This is a deflection used by no-borders advocates who can't logically justify millions of people illegally invading the U.S. I think Mr. Small would see the error of his logic immediately if a group of robbers broke into his house and asserted their right to stay because "no human is illegal."

Second, Small's indignation about OFIR (Oregonians for Immigration Reform) having an "O" in its logo because the University of Oregon already has one exemplifies the manufactured outrage of the left. Instead, he should question the worthiness of the Southern Poverty Law Center to tell him which "hate groups" to oppose. The Southern Poverty Law Center believes that mainstream American organizations such as the Family Research Council, Oath Keepers, the American College of Pediatricians, and various conservative and Christian organizations are "haters." Yet it ignores Antifa, the Nation of Islam, the Hamas-linked Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Hispanic racialist organizations such as LaRaza and MeCha. MeCha is dedicated to "re-claiming" the entire Southwestern U.S. for Hispanics, and its University of Oregon chapter convinced the university to threaten OFIR with a lawsuit over the use of the letter "O."

Its actions show that the Southern Poverty Law Center is trying to undermine and suppress American culture while tacitly advancing terrorists and racial identity agitators. Why would anyone take their word for anything? Given his attitude, I think Mr. Small should remind himself that no American is illegal and thank Rep. Nearman.