[AuntB]

Ellis Island is an important part of our History but let’s not forget our entire two hundred seventy year history prior to Ellis Island. Our forefathers gave a lot in order for immigrants to blend into American society. We were born for Religious Freedom, to allow our citizens to become successful with hard work, and give us all the right to life, and liberty. Arriving in a ship to a Nation already forged is an honor not a birthright. You are here due to hospitality of a Nation of people who had a dream and made it a reality.

Thanks for posting this. VERY good point!

[armymarinedad]

I’ve just begun wondering how much of our problem with liberal America has come from Ellis Island. It seems there was a big shift in the roll of our government around the turn of the century, when Ellis Island was in it’s hay day. Seems like the impact of a lot of European thinking people shifted the American way of life and these were legal immigrants wanting the American dream. How much worse will it be now.