[kabar]

Thanks. I have spent the past 7 years as part of a grassroots immigration group that lobbies on the Hill and in Richmond. I put together this plan of what real immigration reform should look like.

Don't be too hard on yourself. Most Americans don't understand how our immigration system works and how it impacts our country. I certainly learned a lot when I started to get interested in the subject. We must do something about legal immigration or else the Republic is doomed. The Immigration Act of 1965 has changed America forever--for the worst.

Americans have this romanticized vision of immigration that makes a rational discussion of it very difficult. Immigration to America is a privilege, not a right. And we must have immigration policies that serve our national interest.

If you want to read an excellent about how the GOP can use immigration to broaden its base, Jeff Sessions, Becoming the Party of Work How the GOP can help struggling Americans, and itself. should be required reading for all conservatives. Cheers,

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Thanks so much.

I am a legal immigrant and what all we had to go through in the fifties to get here from Germany! Medical clearance, immunizations, security clearances, and a Sponsor here if we got sick or had financial problems!

the slang back then for us was “DP’S” (for “displaced persons). We all wanted to learn English and were so grateful. The immigrants became more American than those here already!ha.