This letter was E-mailed to me and I thought I would share it with everyone on Y-Answers.
I totally see this point of view...........Do You??
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 Statute 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 1900s 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 Statute
>> 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) Rosemary LaBonte
2006-08-10
15:01:39
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Feel free to copy and paste and sen to as many people as you want.
Davidson38's letter was also very cool.
2006-08-10
15:43:08 ·
update #1
Feel free to copy and paste and send to as many people as you want.
Davidson38's letter was also very cool.
2006-08-10
15:43:51 ·
update #2