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Immigrants Made America Great

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I absently googled the name of a cousin and found he’d established quite the internet presence. He’s got a TV show and a book coming out. He’s not somebody I’m tight with, but I see him at the occasional family reunion. That got me thinking about how us immigrants and children of immigrants have fared in the new land(s).

He and I have a common great-grandmother. She had the good luck of making it to the USA before WW II. She gave birth twelve times, but only three of her kids made it to adulthood; Lotte, Amelia, and Hilda.

Amelia followed her to the US. Lotte and Hilda ended up in Canada.

The next generation produced the first university graduates, an engineer and a Ph.D. in history who became a professor.

Then came my generation. More university grads. My cousin Tommy had the distinction of bringing the first brown baby to the family picnic. What was a novelty twenty-five years ago doesn’t even raise an eyebrow these days. The Aryan offspring of my dear great grandmother have proven themselves willing and able to copulate with all creeds and all races, which I find rather a happy thing.

By the time the next generation rolled around, a university degree was the norm. We’ve got chefs and trades guys too, but we’ve also got a smattering of millionaire business folks and that Mexican kid with the Italian name.

That’s the family tree of my extended immigrant family.

The guy who did my cataract surgery was a Muslim. My doctor is a Jew. The doctor who saved my son’s life during a difficult childbirth was a black dude from Ethiopia…

So, what exactly is the problem with immigrants?…

 


Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2019/03/immigrants-made-america-great.html


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    • Tobie122

      Don’t get me wrong I am not anti immigration I am anti illegal immigration.

      LEGAL IMMIGRATION-someone applies and does the proper paperwork and gets approved and able to come to this country; and they have a means to support themselves. We don’t need to be granting citizenship to someone who will be a drain on the system unless its through unforeseen circumstances. Some of the people who are here from other countries and contributing to ours are awesome.

      ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION–someone who cuts the line and just shoves their way in giving a big F*** You to everyone else who has been waiting in line trying to do things correctly.
      They take up a lot of resources when they do get here, people (men and women); some kids (girls and boys) as young as 10 maybe even younger are raped getting here. How easy is it for human traffickers? What about diseases? What if they are pregnant?, once they give birth their child is a citizen so they get all kinds of social services for them and they know they are “safe” for 18 years. They also know all they have to do is touch a toe on our soil and they have all the rights as a citizens. They wait what is it about 5 days or something then they are let go and told to show up at a court date in 2 years. They know nothing is going to happen to them so why bother to show up? And not just to pick on our southern border, we have Chinese women who come to American the last few months of their pregnancy so they can have their babies here and they will have dual citizenship, that has been going on for years.

      This will make people gasp but I think we should change the law to make a child a citizen only if it’s born to a citizen. To discourage the illegal immigration when people are found or turn themselves in, we should put them up in “tent cities” for lack of a better word, until their immigration court date. The same kind of facilities our troops lived in, in Afghanistan and Iraq. Surely if its okay for our troops it will be okay others.

      Then I hear then din of voices saying “America is a nation of immigrants”

      My thoughts on the subject are as follows:

      in years past when people immigrated to our country they assimilated into our communities and everyone was enriched because another culture wasn’t foreign any more everyone was learning about each other. American became the “melting pot” because all the nationalities that came here co-existed and for the most part didn’t revert to “tribal” behavior. For example there are places in France; (maybe other countries too) that are considered “no go zones” because it is too dangers for the police to go in. I think these are Muslim areas that enforce Sharia law but I’m not that conversant in another country’s politics and it’s been awhile since I read the article so I could be wrong.

      In the past immigrants took a loyalty oath to America and meant it and became citizens. They didn’t try to impose the laws of the countries they came from and denounced loyalty from, on our country. I have a sister-in-law who I love dearly who is Mexican and has been in this country for over 30 years (longer than she lived in Mexico) and still refers to Mexico as home.

      Lately it just seems to me that people of other cultures seem to be trying to sew discontent. I know there have always been the odd few who were hate filled people. But has it always been this strident? I don’t think so. All the sudden we have the biggest sin anything that might be construed at anti Muslem then next as racist. Now we have charges of anti Semite bubbling up, I keep hearing white nationalist? As a white person I’m guessing they are talking about either the KKK people or the skinheads; they are suppose to be loyal to Hitler or something? Then I hear bikers, bikers come in all shapes, sizes and colors. The only thing everyone seems able to criticize with impunity is Christianity.

    • DK

      If you dont get he differrence between legal and illegal by now you never will.

    • gumby

      its called a border for a reason and yes people from other countries make America great but you must do so under our immigration laws not your interpretation of what you think they should be. i also see nothing wrong with other peoples culture or religion but when your religion will not allow you to assimilate into a countries culture and in fact teaches these people they must change the existing culture to agree with theirs then here in America we have a problem. if you do not believe Americans can remove illegal immigrants or legal immigrants who would change this country to agree with their beliefs then you live in a fantasy world because we can and will if they insist on Americans submitting to ISLAM or any other political disguised ‘religion” including what use to be Mexican 200 years ago. it will never happen and if pushed Americans can change the political or “religious” landscape in a very short period of time, don’t believe me then try us. we only want to be left alone to live our lives in peace so any intrusion to attempt to change our culture even if it comes from legislation will be met with a force of patriots so overwhelming whoever is in the path will be utterly destroyed. America will not be Socialist, Islamic or lose part of its geography to Mexico due to its Mexican population influence without a war,plain and simple.

    • Lisa

      What the problem with immigrants is the injustice and inequality for Americans. Immigrants get a leg up, a hand out, assistance. Free housing, via an apartment, rent paid, or a nice suburban home that has been foreclosed on by an American who got no assistance and lost their home. Immigrants from any and every country; who are being flown in, and bussed to a particular city in Anywhere USA and given carte blanch. Free businesses that have closed down and been foreclosed on by our government and fraudulent, fraud fern, US Department of the Treasury checks issued to immigrants pay for nice newer cars, tags, Iphones, electricity, water, food stamps, education, Medicare, the list goes on. While Americans, Veterans, youth are homeless and standing on every major street corner in Nashville, TN; having to beg for a dollar or something; because there is no assistance for white people at ALL. Find a box, or if your lucky a pup tent, no restrooms or showers, freeze to death in the winter. Most Americans actually think these immigrants bought their businesses, saved up their own money. No the Vatican/UN/Sold OUT US Government pays for EVERYTHING. Socialism is alive and thriving for IMMIGRANTS in America, not for Americans and nothing for whitey. It is an effort and very successful effort to make this country a third world nation. Nashviille, TN was made a pilot city over 20 years ago by our “sold out” mayor and governor, criminal:Phil Bresden. Immigrants are everywhere. Car lots strew every major street with cars bought by the US government, foreclosed on by our courts from Americans missing one payment and the car lots, hundreds of them, side by side, bought and given to immigrants. Get Ready for some hard times. Judgment is coming to this country in the vein of major disasters, earthquakes, storms, tsunamis. If you are right with God, get right. You do not know when death will come knocking on your door and no time to know Jesus will exist.

    • huge_juan

      “Immigrants Made America Great” That’s right, those immigrants hit the ground running. They didn’t get special treatment and huge amounts of social benefits. It was root hog or die for them. The strong and intelligent survived and prospered. The US was under populated and we needed to boost our population but we needed the right kind of people. Now, lets see what else we got. We got the Irish mob and the Italian mafia and other undesirables. Nowadays we get hoards of illegal immigrants coming into the country, all with their hands out, all the while their cheering section, the Democrats eying their vote. They will change the political and constitutional landscape of this great country. We don’t need immigrants that are a financial and constitutional liability. MAGA–Build the wall!

    • Rockledge

      Immigrants did indeed help make this country great.

      There is nothing wrong with immigrants.

      Now criminal invaders are trying to undo everything those immigrants helped accomplished.

      There IS something wrong with a country that lets itself be invaded by its’ enemies without firing a shot.

      Those who come to this country without permission need to be hunted down like animals and harshly dealt with. By our military.

      We are supposed to have a military to protect us from invasion, but they are not doing so.

      This country is falling apart just like Rome did, for the same reason. Slow invasion and takeover from within.

      We are becoming a third world country.

      When the muslims take over, this country will be a dictatorship that makes the extreme right look like liberals.

      Which will serve those who are stupid enough to want to see that takeover happen and aid and abet the criminal invaders right.
      Their children and childrens children and childrens childrens children will be slaves to the evil they welcome.

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