Leave it to Beaver?

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer

CRETE, Neb. (AP) -- Forget the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Nebraska natives, who have watched a steady flow of immigrants fill jobs at local meatpacking plants, increasingly oppose the new faces. And they are showing their opposition at the polls.

"It isn't so much that people don't like the immigrants or don't think there's a place for them," said Gary Pence, a 59-year-old Crete salesman. "It's just not that 'Leave it to Beaver' era we grew up in."