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To: Ted Grant

Sorry, but we are a nation of immigrants. Who was here 500 years ago? Indians. Thats it. Then people came from all over the world to the new world. From 1860 to 1920, at any given time an average of 14% of the population was foreign born. Thats a huge number.

And no, you may not be an immigrant, but someone in your lineage was. And I’m the proud son of an immigrant. He (my father) came to the United States with nothing, not even speaking English, and built a solid middle class life. Just like millions upon millions of others.


14 posted on 02/28/2015 8:54:06 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
Sure we all had immigrant forefathers but they came here to be US citizens. They came here to assimilate.
They came here to build a life on their own efforts.

The Democrats are encouraging a new wave of immigrants that are not coming here to become citizens in the traditional sense. They are not coming here to speak our language and assimilate in to the greater society.

Read post number seven and find out the agenda behind the Presidents encouragement of the current wave of illegal immigration.

18 posted on 02/28/2015 9:06:50 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: bigdaddy45
Sorry, but we are a nation of immigrants. Who was here 500 years ago? Indians.

Are you singling out Indians as not being immigrants?

27 posted on 02/28/2015 9:40:45 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: bigdaddy45
Who was here 500 years ago? Indians

And they came from Asia.

You ever hear them acknowledge that?

I don't buy that nation of immigrants thing. People fresh off the boat and until they die(d) made up immigrant nation.

Offspring born in USA, until recently anyway, are American. Most recent imports seem to prefer not to claim the title.

31 posted on 02/28/2015 10:05:07 AM PST by MurrietaMadman
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To: bigdaddy45

Levin states that we are a nation of citizens. “Millions upon millions” of welfare-abusing socialist invaders from all over the world will destroy us. And it won’t take many more years, whether you choose to accept this reality or not. Bob


32 posted on 02/28/2015 10:35:00 AM PST by alstewartfan (When I looked the sky was empty. I suppose you never saw the landing lights. Al Stewart)
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To: bigdaddy45

Who was here 500 years ago?
________________________________________

Spanish conquistadors..

oh dear they were from Europe...


36 posted on 02/28/2015 12:00:46 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: bigdaddy45

Immigrant status of an ancestor doesn’t make me an immigrant. At no time were a majority of people in the states immigrants. Most were born in the territory that was the United States, or would become the United States.

I think people don’t know what the word immigrant means.


50 posted on 03/02/2015 11:57:40 AM PST by Ted Grant
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