BIGGEST THREAT TO CALIFORNIA IS IMMIGRATION, LAWMAKER SAYS

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | July 05, 2004 | Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Thousand Oaks

[Imagine]

Actually, I'm almost ready to change this to read: "Only Christians and Jews shall be allowed to immigrate."

[heleny]

That would be hard to enforce, since the really bad Moslems/Muslims would simply lie to get around the requirement. And, can you imagine the ACLU demands?

Still, if there were a way to do it, it could be a good idea to give preference to families belonging to truly-peaceful persecuted religions when filling a quota from Islamic countries.

I don't particularly like the DV lottery program, because the Hedayet guy who shot up the El Al counter July 4th, 2002, was legally here because his wife won the DV lottery.

[Imagine]

"Still, if there were a way to do it, it could be a good idea..."

Where there is a will, there is a way. Perhaps another several events in America along the lines of the World Trade Center attacks. Then, the idea won't seem too extreme, will it?

[Imagine]

I am sympathetic to your plight. I am certain we could draft language that would facilitate the legal immigration of people like you. I suspect you have nothing against hard work and are gainfully employed. I think the first step in correcting our immigration problems is to change the constitution to deny voting privledges to those that are on welfare -- i.e. don't work. That will gut the voting support of the democrat party. Then, we resolve the immigration issue by halting all immigration and reviewing cases like yours. Frankly, we currenlty deny immigration privledges to white, educated people and favor minortiy, uneducated people. That MUST STOP !!!!!!!!!!!

[FITZ]

However, according to you relatives of citizens should enjoy no more rights to an immigrant visa than anyone else in the world.

Relatives of native born US citizens should have more rights to an immigrant visa as long as their sponsor provides them health insurance and financial stability. That's probably the best kind of immigration of all because it is the kind that leads to assimilation --- a family network to fall back on and less welfare dependency. It's amazing how many immigrants are bringing over family members who rely on government handouts yet native born citizens have so much trouble bringing in spouses.