In defense of Frank Hyde . . .

In defense

of Frank Hyde . . .

In reply to Matthew L. Dunfee's

letter of Oct 10: Matthew, you spoke so elegantly about the rights of

immigrants, and then in the same paragraph you sought to take away from

Mr. Hyde the right that all of us are granted, freedom of speech.

Now, Matthew, if you would

take a poll and ask other Americans or just people from Georgia and they

were honest, they would tell you that the jibber-jabber in the grocery

store bothers them too. You see, most of us feel "before you cross

the border and come here illegally, you should be able to read, write

and speak English. You see sir, it's the language of our country."

If you could ask 4,300 people

in the trade center, "Should America close immigration to countries

who are known enemies of our country, or should we just let them come

in and let the F.B.I watch them?" Ask the families of innocent people

who had mothers, fathers, wives and husbands killed, and I guarantee you

that their opinions have changed since Sept. 11.

Too long our borders and immigration

have let in all the trash of other countries. Cuba sent us their criminals,

and we had to feed and house them. People who come to this country have

more rights than people born here. Yes, we all are Americans and there

are many Mr. Hydes and quite a few more since Sept. 11.

Speaking of freedom, what freedom?

We can't fly in an airplane without being afraid, we are afraid to go

to large gatherings, people with small airplanes have lost their freedom

to fly ... I could go on. All that freedom was lost when we opened our

borders, and the result is we don't know who the enemy is. He could be

in Lawrenceville working out or in Wal-Mart shopping, and using jibber-jabber.

LeGay Saul

Fayette