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The Dec. 13 editorial "The Immigration Swamp" put a dubious spin on a new Pew Hispanic Center survey, stating that "half of all Hispanics in America reported that the debate on immigration has had a specific negative impact on their lives; 41 percent said they or someone close to them had suffered discrimination in the past five years -- up from 31 percent in 2002." The editorial claimed "the new data undercut the Republicans' frequent protestations that their targets are not legal immigrants but illegal ones."
Not really. The data just reflect the impact of the huge growth of illegals, who compete with many Hispanics here already, as well as the growing dissatisfaction among all Americans regarding this unsolved crisis.
Let's have a discussion on what makes sense for U.S. citizens and stop calling citizens "nativists," a word that has morphed into equal status with "racists."
DONALD A. COLLINS
Board Member
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Washington
