I am a first generation child. My father immigrated to the US in 1972 from Italy. My mother in 1970 from Poland. Both legally.
Both my parents went through intense hardships to become live the American Dream. Lets take a father for example.
He came off the boat at the age of 24 with $52 in his pocket and a dream in his heart. Within one year, he was married to the woman he followed to America (met in italy, rest falls together). Within another 1.5 yrs... he was divorced and faced many extreme situations which I will not discuss in respect of my father.
it just amazes how people will want something with all of their heart and follow it... leaving all of his family, traditions, and livelihood behind in search of something better.
Right... my father is not a born American... but I know very few people who consider themselves "Full Blooded American" who have had to endure the trials and tests of courage that my father has to respectfully call himself American.
This is the time i will post my Political perspective on immigration.
Everyone that immigrates (legally or illegally) is looking for a better life. No one can judge or argue that fact... if they do they have NO idea what it is like to leave everything they have ever known to go someplace and start over...
If you want to come to America... Do so legally. I have NO issue with legal immigrants. They follow the laws set out to become Americans and do so going through every hardship along the way. People who illegally hop the border...be prepared to go jail for your efforts
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Becoming American
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Seems like alot of people have to suffer before they can call themselves Americans.
I agree.
Seems odd that most ppl look down upon all types of immigrants... legal or not... without knowing what they go through to become american
Exactly.
All of us were immigrants at some point. Sure, population is rising...but the foundations of this country were built on acceptance and new beginnings.
to quote a line that has been over used but in today's world forgotten
..."Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!..."
ppl want america to stop becoming the "melting pot" but that is what made america great...
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