Sounds like a reasonable compromise...After all, many Muslims come here to escape the Jihadists...But the radicals and the preachers of hate either go to Gitmo or back to Muzzieland.
Sorry about your dad being stepped on by the FBI. I’ll bet he came here to get away from Mussolini.
> Sorry about your dad being stepped on by the FBI. I’ll bet
> he came here to get away from Mussolini.
Yes, he was sent/brought here by relatives on both sides of the Pond to get away from abject poverty and totalitarian oppression.
However, my dad was NEVER bitter about his experience with the FBI. It was extremely mild compared to what Mussolini would have done.
My dad LOVED his new country, America. There were no bilingual programs, so he learned English pretty much on his own by reading the Italian-American newspaper, which had an Italian side and an English side reporting the same stories. He spoke about 5 Italian dialects (some of which are languages in their own right, with their own literature and culture), and, though he always has a trace of an accent, he quickly learned to speak English fluently.
Like all immigrants, he supported the Democrats until the Union asked for money for Truman’s campaign against Eisenhower’s challenge. My dad loved Eisenhower for the humane way in which he treated my dad’s relatives back in Italy, more than a few of whom were in the Italian military. Eisenhower was infinitely more humane than Mussolini!
When my dad refused to give money to support Truman, the union revoked his membership, effectively firing him.
My dad became a Republican and started his own business. He worked like a beast of burden, gave the rest of the family gainful employment, and put his kids in college.
My dad was the typical immigrant success story of the last century.