Thread: This is good!

If this has been posted I appologize.
Debra
Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:


Dear Editor:


So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.


Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.


They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture.


Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.


And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.


And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.

Indeed, this is good!!

This is an excellent letter that should be spread around!!!

TexasGal

Amen to that!

Funny how these truths seem to be lost on recent generations of foul-mouthed, self-serving ingrates who see themselves as Americans and are so eager to give away what they never had to work for! Justice will be evenly dispensed should these same folks have to grapple with the hordes of uneducated, unskilled, legalized "temporary workers" for the meager wages and rations they may soon come to see as a blessing!

Thanks for the post and a reminder of the history that isn't taught in the schools anymore!

AMNESTY = LEGALIZED SLAVERY
Anyone for amnesty is a communist

I agree 100% with your letter. Also, at Ellis Island the immigrants were tested for diseases. The illegal aliens are just walking in and bringing diseases that are worse than we've ever seen here before and diseases we've never had here at all. Like the new stain of T.B. that is airborne and very contagious.

I find it ironic that these illegals that are here to do the jobs that Americans don't want to do are being supported by the tax dollars that the Americans don't want to give them.

Great letter!

This should be in the national papers if they want to be fair and balanced. I think most Americans feel it's message in their hearts no matter what the liberal press pushes at us every week.

I think the illegal aliens and the OBL are arrogant and demand things that they have no right to have in the first place. Out with the invaders and welcome the legal immigrants that follow the law!

IN 1900 the population of the US was approx. 76 million. We needed and could absorb immigrants. It is now 300 million. We are overcrowded and in spite of what the 'they do the jobs Americans won't do' crowd says we do NOT need more people. Our quality of life is already suffering. We sit in endless traffic jams, the commute to work becomes longer and longer, our environment is being degraded- and yet we are supposed to believe the lie that allowing millions of illegals to stay and bring all their relatives in the future is not going to harm this country. We will pay a very high price for the shortsightedness of our govt.