Drugs flowed freely. Illegal immigration was rampant. Criminal immigrants, deported after committing crimes in America, returned the very next day to commit crimes again. The Republican platform, which gave a broad victory to conservatives that was closer in tone and emphasis to the philosophy of Patrick Buchanan that that of Dole, called for the denial of citizenship to illegal immigrants' children born in the United States. This provision, which was denounced by Dole, went much beyond the immigration bill pending in the Republican-controlled Congress.
Legal immigrants work hard, pay their taxes, and serve America.
It is wrong to single them out for punishment just because they are immigrants.