Conquest was not on my father’s and mother’s minds when they came to this wonderful country.
My Dad was a bricklayer, who CONTRIBUTED greatly to the building of the lovely homes in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. My Mother was a seamstress, who CONTRIBUTED to many a wedding by designing and making all the gowns from bride to flower girl.
They wanted to live in freedom and becoming Americans was the proudest thing they ever did.
I’m wondering if the people at the border have that same mindset, that same feeling, that same desire to assimilate.
And are they willing to CONTRIBUTE to the wonder of America.
“...Conquest was not on my father’s and mother’s minds when they came to this wonderful country....”
Your mother and father - as were MY great-great-grandparents - were not the same as what’s coming here now. Not even in the same class nor category.
They came here the right way, LEGALLY, became PART of America.
I’m assuming your folks didn’t waltz across the border, jump into the welfare system, and become a drain on resources; they came here, worked their asses off to build a better life for you, and did so legally. They got in line, became Citizens, and didn’t expect US to change our language, our culture, our traditions, etc., to accommodate them.
And I grew up in Philly too. My neighborhood was FULL of Polish, Ukrainian, German, Irish, Italian folks who were MORE American than anything else.
There is a vast difference between that and what’s happening at our southern border. Not even in the same league.