
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 23, 1990                   TAG: 9005230492
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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IMMIGRATION MUST BE CONTROLLED BETTER

WITH THE U.S. economy on the decline, a $3 trillion debt, thousands of homeless and a huge drug problem, the administration continues to open the gates to an influx of immigrants from all parts of the world.

A May 10 article in the Roanoke Times & World-News, "Soviet Jews moving to Roanoke" stated, "The United States has agreed to allow 40,000 Jews to resettle in this country, 32,000 of whom will receive government aid including food stamps and/or Medicaid."

This is typical of how our government is handling the immigration situation. Who pays the transportation of these foreigners and who supports them for the three years it takes to get a work permit or green card? The important question is: What happens when the thousands of military personnel are released because of the peace movement. Will they have jobs or will they be standing on the corners selling apples and flowers?

The Soviet Union has 2 million Jews who want to immigrate. Vietnam, South Korea and numerous other countries have millions who want to leave.

In view of this, an anti-immigrant movement has started in many nations including France, England, Germany, Israel and the United States.

There is just cause for alarm. Tensions in the Soviet Union and elsewhere have given rise to anti-Semitism and anti-Asia-ism in many of our overcrowded cities.

We must reduce the number of legal and illegal immigrants living off the hardworking taxpayers of this country, or we will be faced with a situation that cannot be controlled by the laws legislated by our myopic representatives in Washington. ROBERT A. HAY RICHMOND

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