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< Back to current issue of Immigrant's Weekly Dear Editor: I have been receiving your weekly newsletter for the past year, and felt I had to write and add my thoughts after September 11th. First, may I reiterate my deepest sympathies to all those whether American or other nationalities who suffered on September 11th. As a British Citizen who has an American girlfriend who worked in World Trade Centre 2. If I only went through part of the anxiety, panic and emotions felt that day, then everyone that was affected by the tradegy are hero's and certainly I believe Americans will over power evil. However, as someone who grew up believing in the American Dream who waves the Stars and Stripes more than my own Union Jack, who knows the words to the American anthem more than my own, since September 11th. I have been deeply concerned over what I have been reading about the INS and general US immagration policy since the tradegy. While it is true that America must protect itself, least not forget that as my girlfriend keeps reminding me its only just over 226 years since you broke away from what was the British Empire. Every American has the right to be protected of course, however every single American Citizen has at one stage been an immigrant, and as someone that holds the American beliefs dear to heart, what makes America the World's Number 1, The Home Of The Free and so much more is its liberal attitude and its multi-cultural base. That does not mean that I support the claims to allow anyone including the 9 Million illegall immigrants into the United States but I feel it is very easy especially after September 11th to claim all immigrants are evil, or unwanted. It is very easy to ride the wave of emotion after the tradegy and throw out the key principles laid down by the founding fathers, and destroy the great respect most of the world has for your country. I would hope that, while security measures have to be tightened for everyones safety, and concerns over the large illegal population need to be addressed, that America does not betray its core value of Freedom, and that the INS, George W Bush, other government departments and your readers take a reasonable approach to such issues and not ride the rollercoaster of emotion that is out there after the attacks.
Yours
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