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Letter-writer Ray Guerrero makes an excellent point ["One language, but many differences ," Nov. 14].

I was born and raised in a South American country, came to the U.S. as a legal immigrant, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

I will add to Mr. Guerrero's statement that Hispanics are white, brown, and black. They are conservatives, liberals, Republicans, Democrats, Marxists, Fascists, etc.

Hispanics are not of a monolithic mind, as pro-illegal-immigration advocates and corrupt politicians would like Americans to think.

Like other Americans, except for those who profit from illegal aliens, most American citizens of Hispanic descent are against illegal immigration.

It's time the American public sees that there's no such thing as the "Hispanic vote" and the "Hispanic community."

That's the name corrupt politicians give to the "illegal alien vote" and the "illegal alien communities" to whom they pander.

As an American of Hispanic descent, I deeply resent being lumped with illegal aliens just because I'm Hispanic.


Haydee Pavia
Laguna Woods, Calif.

Date published: 11/22/2006