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- [ NATION, Page 29American NotesIMMIGRATIONRolling Up the Welcome Mat
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- The message blaring out of six Houston radio stations was
- loud and clear. "Look at all those people," says a voice. "Where
- do they come from?" A companion replies, "It will get worse. . .
- They want to let in millions more immigrants."
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- The slick radio campaign kicked off last week by the
- Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform says
- traffic, homelessness, drug smuggling and other social problems
- will only escalate if present rates of immigration continue.
- FAIR is seeking a tighter lid on illegal immigrants and a
- 300,000-a-year cap on legal new arrivals.
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- Outraged by FAIR's campaign, some community officials have
- called for a boycott of the radio stations. In the face of such
- protest, the stations withdrew the ads. Unfazed, FAIR is looking
- for other outlets.
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