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Anti-Immigration Myths

51iwqe2l0cl FROM IMMIGRATION DAILY:  An editorial by Andres Oppenheimer, author of Saving the Americas, debunks the following five commonly held assumptions by anti-immigrationists:

++ “We are only against illegal immigration. Undocumented immigrants should get in line for visas.”

++ “Anti-immigration advocates are not anti-Hispanic.”

++ “We are a nation of laws, and the law says you have to enter the country legally.”

++ “Building a border fence will solve the problem.”

++ Those of us who criticize anti-immigration groups are “amnesty” and “open borders” supporters.

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