If you are not indigenous, you are an immigrant. We are a country of immigrants. The immigration issue could be solved very quickly by fixing the immigration process. It shouldn’t take years and thousands of dollars to become a U.S. citizen.

If you are a hard-working, law-abiding individual, you should be welcome here. If you commit crime here, you should be sent back where you came from. Simple.

Brendan McCarthy, Milwaukie

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