Posted on 01/28/2019 3:09:11 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
The Chinese did a pretty good job of impressing the world with one.
Liberty. It’s not the Statue of Illegals.
It's overrated anyway..
It's a gift from france. Nothing to do with USA
Wall will be our creation.
sounds like a great idea!
“”But I believe, fundamentally, that if we were to build that wall, that it would change the notion of America from the Statue of Liberty that stands for freedom and welcomes immigrants to a country that literally walls itself off from the rest of the world.””
We all know you don’t believe any such thing, you dolt. Not one of them believes one word they’re saying on any subject. We have learned our lesson...not one to be trusted even if they said “good morning.”
We’ll tell you what WE BELIEVE - and that’s welcoming LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! How’s that set with you?
That’s exactly what we Americans want. We can sell the Statue of Liberty to Mexico for the scrap metal.
So how does that negate my actual point, that there has always been a gateway to immigration?
As a symbol of law and order and a symbol of sovereignty.
Two things that already do represent America and have been two of
the strongest magnets for legal immigrants for about a century and a half.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
There’s already a wall — it’s called the process by which people are allowed into the country legally, apply for permanent residence, have their backgrounds checked, and learn enough English and American civics to pass a citizenship test. Because some people — millions of them — think that process somehow doesn’t apply to them, and because of those in government and NGOs and business who enable their coming and staying here illegally , and because of a federal government has been unable or unwilling to fully enforce the law, then Trump’s wall becomes a necessity. Does Julio have a problem with the legal wall too?
I bet Julian Castro is getting money from the drug cartels to do their bidding. The tip off is his statements that are so illogical, they reek of corruption.
Actually, I think it is more than importing Demoncrap voters. I think they are getting their pockets lined by the drug cartels and the Mexican government.
These libs want absolute power and rule with an iron fist. Just look at their leader Pelosi.
I bet Julian Castro is getting money from the drug cartels to do their bidding. The tip off is his statements that are so illogical, they reek of corruption.
He’s not the only one.
I would put the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the US Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial ahead of it as symbols of America.
Also, don’t forget, not only were they checked for communicable diseases, there was no welfare state. The immigrants at the turn of the last century were not mooches. They were contributors. They built their own ethnically based churches and schools with their own money.
Me too.
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