Wednesday, December 14, 2005

We need immigrants more than we admit

By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
The San Diego Union Tribune

Cincinnati.com, The Enquirer: The minute I saw the harrowing video of the scaffold caught up in high winds and crashing into a Denver office building 12 stories above the ground - with two terrified window washers hanging on for dear life - I just knew that when the time came to get the men's statements, we'd need a translator who spoke Spanish.

Maybe it's because Denver is one of those U.S. cities with a substantial immigrant population, both legal and illegal. Or because this looked like the type of job that immigrant-bashers insist that Americans are eager to do - dirty, distasteful and dangerous.

Be sure to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.

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