New Immigrants

Incoming Email ^ | September 18, 2006 | Rosemary LaBonte

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Good Letter...

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: "David LaBonte"

My wife, Rosemary, 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.
Dave LaBonte (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 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 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) Rosemary LaBonte

P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!!  I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation!!

Ever onward!!

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

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Indeed.   God Bless America!

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Related...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703949/posts

[ansel12]

"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. "




Present day Americans are looking at that past with rose colored glasses.

If you go back and read articles during the flood of immigration early in the 20th century, the public was very angry.

The complaints and fears of the American people of the time came to pass, as the new immigrants changed America, and started, and fed, the movements that we now call the left and liberalism.

[potlatch]

Great letter she wrote, thanks for pinging!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

And when Italy was liberated, did they see Japanese Americans, or only Americans?

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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The last bastion of the original settlers (New England, excepting the Boston area of Massachusetts) is one of the most liberal areas of the country.

There should be immigration, but there should also be a procedure of strong assimilation, encouraging and nudging them toward becoming American American. Your remark about people looking at past immigration through rose-colored glasses is spot on. They should have been encouraged even more than they were (which was more than today) to have shed their old culture (for the second generation, to shed a culture which isn't even theirs), and immigrants today should also undergo a rigorous encouragement to assimilate. All Americans should kindly pressure them to do so, and not pander to them.

[upchuck]

Snopes has an interesting take on this. Check it out.

FWIW, I got this email about two months ago.

[squibs]

I have never met this man even though it's only 1 mile from
where I live. But I love him as a manly man by a manly man.
I shall go there and shake his hand. And let him know
that so many support and love him for being truthful in the
face of political correctness.

[potlatch]

Wow, so you actually get to see these signs? There were a lot of them, just a few of the better ones here.

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Every day and I love reading them.
This guy doesn't pull any punches.
He says it like it is.

[Fiddlstix]

[potlatch]

And you are right - he needs to be thanked for it. I'm sure he gets a lot of flack.

[T.L.Sink]

Excellent post but I think it should be titled New ILLEGAL Immigrants...

I'll even be PC enough to drop "aliens".

[streetpreacher]

The Kennedys and the Kerrys.

[siznartuf]

Great Letter!

Thanks for posting it.

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[potlatch]

I love that flag. Very fancy design on that snake!!