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The article "Northern governor campaigns on border issues down South" (Feb. 4) described how Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota says we need to enforce our immigration laws. Bravo, governor.

Others say we need to "legalize" illegals and make them guest workers. The Senate wants to do exactly that very soon (March).

Do you think there are no guest worker programs? Most people don't realize that there are many. Here's a sampling:

# High tech visas (H-1Bs) cap -- 85,000 a year for private business, unlimited slots for colleges and universities.

# Ag workers (H-2As) -- unlimited slots.

# Seasonal workers (H-2Bs) -- 66,000 a year.

# Intracompany transferees (L-1s) -- unlimited.

# Religious workers -- unlimited.

# Workers with "extraordinary ability" in sciences or arts -- unlimited.

# Athletes and entertainers -- unlimited.

Shall I go on?

It's not that we don't allow guest workers, it's that greed for cheap labor knows no boundaries. (Do heroin addicts ever have enough heroin?)

In the last 20 years we have also given several amnesties that let in millions, and our legal immigration system allows in more immigrants than all other nations combined!

But ever since the House of Representatives passed an immigration bill that looked like it might enforce the law (November), we've heard nothing but wailing from the special interests who want more, more, more cheap labor.

It's time We the People put our foot down with our senators who will take up the issue in March and tell them "We have had it!" -- no amnesty. No guest worker program. Just enforcement.

Teela Roche, Anderson