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In reply to the discussion: At Trump rally in Phoenix area, I was told by a supporter of the president to "get the hell out of.. [View all]halfulglas
(1,654 posts)When confronted about their anger and resentment to immigrants many progeny of previous generations of immigrants say, "Yeah, but my grandfather (grandmother, great, etc.) came here the right way. They didn't break the law." I have almost given up answering that there was very little immigration law at the time. This country wanted the bodies, the workers. Immigration at the time only required you usually had to be white and healthy. Whatever wave of immigrants came depended on which country on mostly the European continent or British Isles was having the most trouble that the lower classes yearned to come here and start new. Right now our immigration laws are a nightmare and the citizenship process is very expensive. But they are a blessing to this country. Immigrants work harder than any segment of American society. We really have to get this fixed.