Gordon Hanson Quoted in Newsweek
Don't Fence Them In
06/02/2010
Arian Campo-Flores,
Newsweek
Yet again, Americans are suffering a period of national distress over illegal immigration. The latest episode started when an Arizona rancher was killed near the Mexican border in March—perhaps by an immigrant, though investigators still aren’t sure. Residents in the area loaded up on guns and ammo. As Bill O’Reilly fumed about the “invasion” of illegal aliens from Mexico, officials pleaded for the government to dispatch National Guard troops to the border. The following month, Arizona passed the most stringent immigration law in the land, sending tens of thousands of protesters into the streets around the country. Congressional lawmakers are now pledging to take another crack at comprehensive immigration reform, and the White House last week decided to send in as many as 1,200 National Guard troops. Critics like Arizona Sen. John McCain say that’s not nearly enough.
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