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Priorities scrambled

In the Oct. 16 Spokesman-Review, we read of the Bureau of Immigration’s intent to forcibly send a Chinese mother back to China. She has been in the U.S. since 2001. Deportation to China means “fines, forced sterilization, imprisonment and torture.” After that, a 10-year wait to apply for return to the U.S. Presuming she lives that long.

Why is our government being so hard-nosed? Friendly relations with China must be observed by all means because we owe them so much money.

On the other hand, illegals are pouring through our southern “borders” by the day and easily get lost in the shuffle. Our government is currently suing Arizona for trying to curb the traffic. As they say, “What is wrong with this picture?”

Luella Dow

Cheney

Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Shou Feng Zheng was granted a stay of deportation, giving her a year to pursue asylum in the United States.

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