Pat --<br><br>This letter wasn't printed because it's ahistorical nonsense from beginning to end.<br><br>"Immigration law" as we know it didn't begin until 1875, just as the last wave of Irish immigrants made it to the States, and -- instead of setting quotas or requiring registration, it just simply prevented people from countries not considered "white" enough. Indeed, the country didn't really start differentiating between citizens and non-citizens until the early 20th century.
<br><br>Ellis Island processed millions of immigrants; that processing was largely pro forma. <br><br>Wait, no. <br><br>I am not going to respond to another ten paragraphs of racist, right-wing claptrap as though it were reasonable, or as though you lived in anything vaguely resembling the real world. I simply suggest that before you clog our inboxes with this sort of thing again, you -- oh, I don't know -- check to see if it has any basis whatsoever in reality first?
<br><br>-- ACS<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Pat Kraut</b> <<a href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">pkraut@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<blockquote><font face="arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="5">I think this lady says it all and very
well!<br></font><font color="#000000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="5"><b><i>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!
<br>New Immigrants<br>From: "David LaBonte"<br><br>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.
<br>Dave LaBonte (signed)<br><br><br>Written in response to a series
of letters to the editor in the Orange</i></b></font><b><i><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> </font><font color="#000000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="5">County Register:<br><br>Dear Editor:<br><br>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. <br>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. <br>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.<br>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 ha ve 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. <br>And here we are
in 2006 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. <br>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
</font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">United States</font><font color="#000000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="5"> just yet.<br>(signed)
Rosemary LaBonte<br>P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP
THIS LETTER MOVING!!<br>I hope this letter gets read by millions of
people all across the nation!! </font></i></b><font color="#000000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><br></font></font><font face="arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><br></font></font>
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