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uppityperson

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11. "Slaves came here as involuntary immigrants. But they still had the strength to hold on." WTF

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 11:38 PM

Mar 2017

"There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land."

"Whether you're voluntary or involuntary. If you come from outside to the inside, you're an immigrant. Whether you're legal or illegal," Carson continued. "Slaves came here as involuntary immigrants. But they still had the strength to hold on."

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