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<i>Amnesty Opponents Are Not Un-American</i><br>by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX)
Powell GammillThose who strongly oppose the new immigration reform bill before the Senate "don't want to do what's right for America ," the president said. I reject that assessment as unfair and inaccurate.
Almost 50% of USA lands are locked up in national forests or wildernesses. Americans are not allowed to drive motor vehicles on wilderness land without special permit. If an American tried to homestead one of these lands, he would be in more trouble than any illegal alien coming over the border.