Thread: This needs to be heard by everyone-everywhere

I am new to ALIPAC and after many days reading different news stories and posts on this website, I can finally say I am happy to have found people with the same views on immigration as myself. I wanted to share with all of you an email I recieved sometime this year. I think most of you would agree with what the author is saying. Thanks and Happy New Year to all my new found friends in this most important cause!!................


Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor which they either
deem politically incorrect (read below) or which does not agree with the
philosophy they're pushing on the public. This woman wrote a great letter
to the editor that should have been published; but, with your help it will
get published via cyberspace!

New Immigrants
From: "________"

My wife, _____, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of
the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print"
it myself by sending it out on the Internet.
Pass it along if you feel so inclined.
_________ (signed)


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 2007 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.
(signed) ____________

Welcome

DUPLICATE

Welcome aboard! There's lots of good stuff here from people like yourself who's fed up with these illegal invaders....

Welcome....I am a first generation American whose parents came thru Ellis Island.....My parents were PROUD to be Americans....Again...welcome and help us get our country back!

Welcome aboard, totally. We are glad to have another patriot join our group.

As for the letter, my guess is that the content was too long. I'm not sticking up for the liberal media, but all newspapers have a word length of usually 200-300 words, and they are sticklers on this.

Hi there totallybeachin. Welcome aboard!

Yeah, many of us old-timers here have seen that one before, It makes some really good points. I particularly like the reference to the fragmentation within our population. Instead of growing more together, we have, for a number of reasons, tended to fragment and such a thing propels a country - any country - down a precarious path. Let's hope we can find national unity once again.

Glad to have you with us.

Welcome to Alipac totallybeachin

The Letter makes very good points. Welome to alipac TB.