New
Immigrants
ORANGE
COUNTY ( CALIFORNIA ) NEWSPAPER-
New Immigrants This is a very good
letter to the editor. This woman made some good points.. For some reason,
people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against
supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument
pretty simple. NOT printed in
the Orange County Paper...................
Newspapers simply won't publish
letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below)
or which does not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This
woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published; but,
with your help it will get published via cyberspace!
From: "David LaBonte" My
wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which,
of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by
sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Written
in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:
Dear Editor: So many letter writers
have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie
Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the
people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed
through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.
Maybe we should turn to our history
books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not
willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when
there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people
had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented.
Some would even get down on their hands and
knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support
their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary
rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to
blend in with their new home.
They had waved good bye to their
birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power
to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them.
No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were
the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of
prosperity.
Most of their children came of age
when World War II broke out. My fought alongside men whose parents had come
straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st
generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had
come from. They were Americans
fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the
United States of America as one people.
When we liberated France , no one in
those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or
the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one
flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have
thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who
they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so
much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American.
They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.
And here we are with a new kind of
immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve
it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement
card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's
not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the
early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice
in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for
those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that
they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.
And for that suggestion about taking
down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are
voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the
United States just yet.
(signed) Rosemary LaBonte
KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE
WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS ONLY TO REMAIN COMPLACENT
AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!!
I sincerely hope this letter gets
read by millions of people all across the nation!!
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