I don't know the truth of this posting, I didn't look for it on Snoops or any other place. The authenticity of this letter is irrelevant. Its a good letter that explains in many ways the feeling of many of us here in Arizona and in the rest of the country, we care very little for your race, we care only about the legality of your presence HERE.
I grew up in farm country, many of my friend were the kids or grand kids of illegal immigrants. You will find many of those kids on "my" side of this line today. Most of them took up the green, served this country and its people in the military, never ask for a hand out of any kind and have made their way the same way the rest of have.
The strain that illegal emigration places on the American people is easy to understand when you consider there we have between 11 and 20 million people here that should not be here. They entered this country illegally and now want to live the American Dream, without contributing a thing to it. There are people here from all over the world, NOT just Mexico, when the liberals scream "Racism" they don;t take into account the numbers of "White" illegals. I'd be willing to bet they would not say a word if a white man was arrested and deported.
Here is the letter, assumed to have been written to the editor of the Orange County Register. If you read it's contents you will see why the OCR refused to publish the opinion of an American Citizen. Pass these thoughts on to everyone you know, it might make a difference.
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 father fought along side 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
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many thanks to my Uncle Ed for forwarding this to me.
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