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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...
...spite of liberal rhetoric to the contrary, we have to look after the needs of our own people first. Clearly there is a need for Prop 187. Just because an individual manages to slip across the U.S. border, in full violation of the law, doesn't mean he or she is automatically entitled to all the privileges of a U.S. citizen. We as a nation have the right to deny social services to criminals who break our laws and arrive here illegally...
...efforts by the liberal establishment to label Prop 187 as illegal and the card system as fascist are little more than sorry attempts at scaring voters through catch-phrases and hollow rhetoric--McCarthyism at its worst...