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...February 16, 1993 editorial, Jendi B. Reiter writes that "the Administration should feel no shame about immigration laws that take into account the immigrant's potential to be a public health threat." The rest of her editorial is used to support this contention. There are, unfortunately, several serious errors in her logic...
...Reiter devotes almost half of her editorial to an analogy: that of a family head deciding whether or not to take in a vagrant seeking shelter. After establishing that the family head does indeed have the prerogative to turn the vagrant away because of the intended or unintended harm he may cause the family, Reiter admonishes the Clinton Administration for reducing the list of medical conditions restricting immigration. Like the family head, the Administration should instead be turning away people with AIDS, syphilis, leprosy, and other diseases to protect the nation's citizenry...
Thought I have become a fan of Jendi Reiter's insightful commentaries, I have been disappointed by her refusal to recognize the tyranny and waste that results when government tries to regulate our economic affairs...
Lastly, with regard to Reiter's claim that "competition has not sufficed to spur American manufactures to improve" fuel efficiency, let me suggest that by negotiating a free-trade agreement with Japan, Germany and indeed the rest of the world, we can handily address this "problem" while at the same time enhancing both our standard of living and our freedom. Frank Iacono Law School Class...
...Jendi B. Reiter '93 usually writes on alternating Mondays, but will not be printed this week because of Columbus Day. Her next column will appear on October...