Posted on 09/27/2008 10:32:00 AM PDT by buccaneer81
America needs to be more welcoming to foreigners Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:11 AM
We are a nation built on immigrants. We became great because of the people who came here and worked and eventually became citizens.
Not everyone wishes to stay, but as I read and hear more and more about the immigration issue and the distrust and anger that increasing numbers of Americans have against those who come here for work and whose work we need as well, I am increasingly fearful not of these people, but for our country. We are working hard to create a country to which nobody will want to come, and we won't have much reason to stay.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, we have become a nation whose every step is so guided by our fears that we are becoming isolated and hated the world over. We need to find a way to be welcoming to strangers once again while still guarding our security. We need to invite and respect visitors and foreign students, who then will return to their countries with a wonderful American education and experience and be ambassadors for us.
If we treat foreigners with disdain, they will stop coming and will no longer see America as the land of opportunity. Soon, we will make this the new vision of America.
There are thousands of immigrants who have come to work and better themselves and their families. We need them, as well. Many are working without documentation because the laws limit immigration to levels that, if we could actually enforce them, would strangle our economy. While we seek to promote economic growth, our immigration policies restrict growth and create black markets for necessary labor.
We must provide the legal means for immigrants to come and work. By denying immigrant workers legal status, we place them at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, while legitimate employers are unable to hire the workers needed for their businesses.
Our laws must recognize the dignity and humanity of individuals. We can and must require that they obey our laws, but we must also pass laws that can be adhered to. We can no more set unreasonable limits on our economic growth by prohibiting immigration than we can set a speed limit on freeways of 15 mph. We destroy our own security when we send individuals away in chains, separating them from their families, letting them die or simply live in constant fear.
Yes, immigrants should (and do) pay the same taxes that citizens do, but we cannot continue our racism and hatred against foreigners, or it will turn on us very soon.
LINDA KALETTE SCHOTTENSTEIN
Columbus
If there is Columbus "machine" politics, this family is one of the premier finacial sources for the corruption that abounds here.
We need to welcome them. And we need to smile and wave and say “Please Come Again” when they leave.
Look what happened to the UK, they imported their low level job force now it is taking over the country.
We don't deny them legal status. They deny themselves legal status when they come here illegally. DUH!
Maybe we could get people to com in from the old iron curtain countries who have already lived under communism. That would be a big anti-Obammy vote. I think I will buy one a ticket. If every Taxpayer sponsored one we would get enough to balance out the useless idiots.
Columbus ping!
Gee, I guess she wants us to be like Great Britain who have opened their country up to Muslims from the ME only to have them demand their courts practice Sharia law?
People from SE Asia, too. At my work we have Cambodians and Vietnamese who are fantastic workers and good folks raising their kids to be Americans.
Amazing how so many Jewish libs support Islamic murderers.
|
I’m sure the “Columbus ‘Disgrace’” was more than happy to give her a platform for saying this. The Wolf’s, Galbreath’s, and Schottenstein’s go way back.
Bullsh*t. The "immigrant" of the 21st century is not the same person as the immigrant of the 19th and 20th centuries. Immigrants once came to this country looking for an opportunity. MOST of the new "immigrants" are looking for a handout and a free ride. IMHO.
The stupidity is unbelievable... What do these bozos call 12 million illegal immigrants????
What time do the bars close in Ohio?
No.
We are a nation which has somehow survived successive waves of immigrants.
It doesn't look as though we will survive the current one however.
Democrat voters.
LOL! 2:00 AM.
Schottenstein Stores is where the Schottenstein family keeps its retail holdings. The firm owns interests in a host of retail businesses, including about 51% of Retail Ventures (the operator of about three dozen Filene’s Basement stores and nearly 260 DSW shoe warehouse stores). Schottenstein Stores also owns Value City Furniture (more than 80 superstores in the Midwest and East Coast states), 15% of casual clothing chain American Eagle Outfitters (some 900 mall stores in the US and Canada), and retail liquidator SB Capital Group, as well as 50 shopping centers. Chairman and retail magnate Jay Schottenstein is the largest shareholder in American Eagle, DSW, and Retail Ventures.
Schottenstein Stores Subsidiaries and Affiliates Covered By Hoover’s
American Signature Furniture
Retail Ventures, Inc.
Steuben Glass LLC
Schottenstein Stores Locations
Location Type: Headquarters
1800 Moler Rd.
Columbus, OH 43207
United States
Phone: 614-221-9200
Fax: 614-449-0403
******
LINDA KALETTE SCHOTTENSTEIN
Columbus Jewish Historical Society
******
Markpoint Development
Mr. Howard Schottenstein
2392 E Main St
Bexley, OH 43209
Phone: 614-236-5544
markpoint1@aol.comwww.markpointdevelopment.com
Developer / Builder
******
Schottenstein family law firm
******
July 25, 2008
Schottenstein seeks tax deal for new headquarters
...Schottenstein Stores Corp. is discussing an incentive package with Columbus for relocating its...
Go vote for Obama in Germany.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.