Letters
to the editor: Biased Reporting?
I
was dismayed to read the one-sided, front-page
article by Angelika Meyer, "Immigrant
license bill creates controversy."
Firstly,
the headline should have read "Illegal
Immigrant" Let's call it what it is!
This
article quotes the views of one person who,
to most Long Beach students, is totally
unknown. Meyer tells us Matt Tailor is a
rhetorician -- whatever that is -- and director
of forensics -- where, in Tonga. I can see
nothing in these qualifications to justify
the prominent publication of his unchallenged
views on immigration. Instead of "integrating
illegals into the system," what about
enforcing the laws of the state and the
country? I thought crime was not supposed
to pay?
Post
Sept. 11, the Californian Legislature should
be doing all it can to protect the state's
borders and its citizens. If only 19 of
the 2 million illegal immigrants eligible
to apply for a license are terrorists, we
have provided them with the means to board
other planes to fly them into other buildings.
I don't thing this is a price worth paying.
--
Christine Eyre
B.S. Business Administration
Math Education Major
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