On Immigration

Nancy Cleeland’s recent articles on the villagers from Granjenal make a compelling case for the reinstitution of an equitable immigrant-quota policy.

While the applications of millions of responsible, self-sufficient foreigners eager to embrace our American way of life are denied or delayed, self-serving U.S. politicians welcome 3,000 destitute, unskilled and uneducated immigrants from a single rural village.

Those with vested interests--to whom these immigrants mean government-dependent future voters and more “clients” for tax-supported programs--make dire predictions that California’s economy would collapse if the influx of Latinos were curtailed. Considering that we taxpayers have been supporting millions of our own able-bodied unemployed for generations, the absurdity is evident. The time has come to legislate immigration regulations that reflect the will of the American people.

WILLIAM J. McGEE

Tustin