Commissioner. U.S. Immigration and NatWralization Service. Department of Justice. Washington. DC. DEAR COMMISSIONER MCNARY: We are writing to express in the strongest possible terms our outrage over the Justice Departments request that Daniel Miranda. Louis del Cid. the family of Ricardo Bilonick. and other individuals who are admitted drug smugglers and money launderers be given preferential Immigration statue in the United States. Emma Lazarus inscription on the Statute of Liberty reads. "Give my your tired. your poor. your huddled masses. yearning to breathe free." It says nothing about drug smugglers and money launderers. At a time when the Immigration & Naturalization Service is running a lottery to give honest men and women a chance for a new life in the United States. and when less than one percent of all applicants in that lottery will be successful. it is a gross injustice that preferential immigration status may be given to convicted drug dealers. racketeers and families. What message are we sending to the world when we encourage individuals to break the law in order to gain admission to the United States. We urge you to stand up for the principles for which our nation was founded by rejecting these applications for preferential immigration statue. [From the Washington Post. Sept. 9. 1991]
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