OPINION:
The recent vote by the people of Britain to withdraw from the European Union has some strong parallels to events happening here in America (“Brexit carries warning signs for Hillary Clinton,” Web, June 24). British residents were unhappy with uncontrolled immigration and unelected bureaucrats imposing rules on them. This mirrors America’s problem with an open border, uncontrolled immigration, and NAFTA agreements weakening our national sovereignty.
These issues are center-stage in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. One side wants open borders, amnesty, a chaotic immigration system and transnational agreements; the other side wants to secure our borders and have an orderly system of legal immigration and a renegotiation of NAFTA to benefit the United States.
Whether Americans vote for open borders that benefit other nations and large corporations, or national sovereignty and an ’America first’ policy that benefits the average American remains to be seen.
PAUL CARROZZO
Algonquin, Ill.
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