Letters: Feb. 27, 2006

Inside America's Secret Workforce

Our story on Mexican migrants who work in the U.S., send their earnings back home and exist uneasily between two worlds sparked a sympathetic response from readers who were critical of U.S. immigration policies. Others denounced illegal aliens for taking the jobs of U.S. citizens

Being a Mexican immigrant in the U.S. gives me pretty good insight into the immigration issue [Feb. 6]. It took me seven years to get a resident visa, and I am a college-trained interpreter. In my heart, there is always the dream of going back home. If a guest-worker program were in place, my...

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