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Outside of California, were the problem of illegal immigration is less urgent, significant opposition to Prop 187 has developed. Attorney General Janet Reno stated on Oct. 27 that she believes Prop 187 is illegal, and that she personally opposes the initiative. So much for the belief that the attorney general was supposed to be apolitical...
Moreover, both President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore '69 have said publicly that they oppose prop 187. However, both of them have also called for tighter control of illegal immigration. Perhaps they believe that by ignoring the problem it will simply go away...
Indeed, none of the opponents of Prop 187 have dealt with the real issues confronting residents of California. The state's economy has already been battered by defense cutbacks. Illegal immigration has only aggravated the problem. Unemployment is considerably above the national average, a condition that can be partially attributed to the influx of illegal aliens from Latin America...
...propaganda shows through their unconvincing pretense of neutrality. In this week's AAA newsletter, political chair Veronica Jung '96 tells all AAA members who are registered to vote in California to "VOTE NO ON PROP 187" but then adds the bizarre disclaimer, "BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE CONVINCED BY THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE...
...thing, winning another. Polls show 59% of likely voters favoring S.O.S. Michael Huffington, who was so respectful of Bennett that he plugged Bennett's The Book of Virtues in his campaign ads, ignored him and endorsed the initiative. Two weeks earlier, Huffington didn't even know what Prop 187 was. Said he: "I have not yet made a public stand on 170 -- er, what was that...