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A much different wall

I was amused by Patrick Conley’s recent letter to the editor (“A civics lesson,” Jan. 16) in which he referred to Ronald Reagan’s words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” President Reagan was speaking to a Soviet dictator who was maintaining a wall to prevent people from escaping from a socialist dictatorship which had enslaved them.

The current wall proposal would be to keep people from illegally entering into our country without identifying themselves. When you and I travel to any country, we have to identify ourselves to get approval to enter. The current flood of criminal element bringing drugs and crime needs to be stopped.

There is a very great difference between preventing citizens from leaving their country and preventing non-citizens from entering our country.

Dave Miller

Mead

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