Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 1995
Contact: Dan McLagan (615) 340-0320

   Alexander Calls on Gramm, Dole to End "Mean Spirited" Attacks on Legal
   Immigrants

   
   Miami, FL - Calling it "a play for votes and an appeal to fear,"
   Republican presidential candidate Lamar Alexander today challenged
   fellow GOP hopefuls Phil Gramm and Bob Dole to drop their plan to end
   government benefits to immigrants who are legally in the United States
   awaiting their citizenship.
   
   "I am especially disappointed with Senator Gramm for wanting to end
   government benefits to immigrants who are legally in this country
   waiting for their citizenship," Alexander told a group of
   Cuban-American supporters in Miami. "It now appears Senator Dole is
   changing his position and going along with Senator Gramm. This is mean
   spirited politics-a play for votes, an appeal to fear, a slap in the
   face to every American whose parents and grandparents sacrificed to
   come here the right way."
   
   Alexander said there is a big difference between legal and illegal
   immigration. "Illegal immigration is wrong. As president, controlling
   our borders would be one of my first priorities. A country that does
   not control its borders will not be a country for very long."
   
   "But legal immigrants, who play by the rules, obey the law, pay taxes
   like you do and I do, and who dream of becoming citizens of the
   greatest nation on earth should not be treated as an election-year
   punching bag by Washington politicians looking for an easy target.
   That's not the American way. Phil Gramm--and Bob Dole--should know
   better."
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