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Ernest Rodriguez CHALE (Chicano Hispanic Association for Legal Education) Speech Page 9

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Many Mexican Americans were expelled in the repatriation of Mexican nationals during the 30's simply because they looked Mexican. 
Leonard F. Chapman Jr., Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service predicts that new immigrants and their descendents will total 15 million of 25% of the total U.S. population in the near future. 
He also maintains that there are 8 million illegal aliens in the U.S. and that half of them are [insertion] employed [/insertion] undocumented workers. 
I still haven't figured out how they counted that many. 
Can you imagine someone walking up to you and asking, "Are you in the county illegally."
Can you also imagine the economic contribution in taxes and purchased goods of these undocumented workers. 
Let me see. If 4 million of the 8 million are employed and I think it would be safe to say that 2 million of the four are married with an average family of four, especially if they're Mexicans, then that accounts for the estimated 4 million unemployed illegal aliens. 
So we're faced with an issue very much like the Viet Namese military police action.
Are our immigration laws just and moral?
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9-9-9 Many Mexican Americans were expelled in the repatriation of Mexican nationals during the 30's simply because they looked Mexican. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service predicts that new immigrants and their descendents will total 15 million of 25% of the total U.S. population in the near future. He also maintains that there are 8 million illegal aliens in the U.S. and that half of them are [insertion] employed [/insertion] undocumented workers. I still haven't figured out how they counted that many. Can you imagine someone walking up to you and asking, "Are you in the county illegally." Can you also imagine the economic contribution in taxes and purchased goods of these undocumented workers. Let me see. If 4 million of the 8 million are employed and I think it would be safe to say that 2 million of the four are married with an average family of four, especially if they're Mexicans, then that accounts for the estimated 4 million unemployed illegal aliens. So we're faced with an issue very much like the Viet Namese military police action. Are our immigration laws just and moral? -9-