Are we anti-immigration?
Are we anti-immigration or anti-immigrant? Everyone I speak to agrees with me that immigration is what built this nation. Except for pure blood native Americans, everyone one of us comes at least in part from immigrant stock.
Immigrants built many of the great companies of this nation. Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie Steel and Carnegie Mellon University), Al Wang (Wang Computers), and Andrew Grove (Intel).
Many great American intellectual minds came here from elsewhere. Albert Einstein (Germany), Elie Wiesel (Romania), Hyman G. Rickover (Russia). In music and entertainment there was Bob Hope (England), Yo-Yo Ma (France), Ann Margaret (Sweden) and Carlos Santana (Mexico).
The issue is not that immigration is bad, clearly it's not. It's not bad for America; it's not bad for those who hunger to come to her shores. The issue is at the very core of what gives America her strength. The rule of law.
Those who are now demanding "immigrants rights" are not being genuine. Immigrants, legal immigrants, clearly have rights in this nation. The issue most people have is the "illegal" part of "illegal immigrant."
They are illegal because they broke the law. Laws that protect America and her citizens. Laws designed to control immigration so that those who come can assure us they will be a benefit to our society and not a drain on our resources.
Laws designed to insure that those who come here do so in numbers that are low enough that our society can assimilate them without adversely impacting the citizens. In 2004 there were 800,000 legal permanent residents admitted to the US making a total of 11.6 million legal permanent residents of the US.
For anyone who has come here illegally, circumventing the legal channels, then demand they be recognized, given rights and treatment as though they were a citizen of this country is the height of arrogance.
And that is the problem in the current issue facing this nation.
The "immigrants rights" groups and the Marxist/Socialist groups who are pressing this issue are savvy in manipulating the opinions and emotions of Americans. We are a compassionate people, we love the underdog and hate to see someone abused.
So these groups tell us the illegal simply wants a chance. They say we can't send them back, they've come for the opportunity of provide for their family, and we feel that struggle inside ourselves.
So we take some time to try and understand what is going on, to try to understand ourselves, and in that moment of hesitation, when we are questioning ourselves, they pounce.
It's not on us they pounce; it's on our elected representatives. Those who write the laws and are charged with enforcing them. In our silence as we introspectively try to understand ourselves, our politicians hear the roar of those who would defy and destroy our rule of law and take our silence as consent.
We must not be silent. We must speak out. We must speak out now!
Immigrants built many of the great companies of this nation. Andrew Carnegie (Carnegie Steel and Carnegie Mellon University), Al Wang (Wang Computers), and Andrew Grove (Intel).
Many great American intellectual minds came here from elsewhere. Albert Einstein (Germany), Elie Wiesel (Romania), Hyman G. Rickover (Russia). In music and entertainment there was Bob Hope (England), Yo-Yo Ma (France), Ann Margaret (Sweden) and Carlos Santana (Mexico).
The issue is not that immigration is bad, clearly it's not. It's not bad for America; it's not bad for those who hunger to come to her shores. The issue is at the very core of what gives America her strength. The rule of law.
Those who are now demanding "immigrants rights" are not being genuine. Immigrants, legal immigrants, clearly have rights in this nation. The issue most people have is the "illegal" part of "illegal immigrant."
They are illegal because they broke the law. Laws that protect America and her citizens. Laws designed to control immigration so that those who come can assure us they will be a benefit to our society and not a drain on our resources.
Laws designed to insure that those who come here do so in numbers that are low enough that our society can assimilate them without adversely impacting the citizens. In 2004 there were 800,000 legal permanent residents admitted to the US making a total of 11.6 million legal permanent residents of the US.
For anyone who has come here illegally, circumventing the legal channels, then demand they be recognized, given rights and treatment as though they were a citizen of this country is the height of arrogance.
And that is the problem in the current issue facing this nation.
The "immigrants rights" groups and the Marxist/Socialist groups who are pressing this issue are savvy in manipulating the opinions and emotions of Americans. We are a compassionate people, we love the underdog and hate to see someone abused.
So these groups tell us the illegal simply wants a chance. They say we can't send them back, they've come for the opportunity of provide for their family, and we feel that struggle inside ourselves.
So we take some time to try and understand what is going on, to try to understand ourselves, and in that moment of hesitation, when we are questioning ourselves, they pounce.
It's not on us they pounce; it's on our elected representatives. Those who write the laws and are charged with enforcing them. In our silence as we introspectively try to understand ourselves, our politicians hear the roar of those who would defy and destroy our rule of law and take our silence as consent.
We must not be silent. We must speak out. We must speak out now!
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