From: Gary Britt 

Prior immigrants came here pursuant to far more strict rules, had to come
in via certain specific ports of entry and were subject in terms of their
numbers to very specific limits on the number of people on a per country of
origin basis.  Further, after that last great wave of immigration (great by
past standards but a mere ripple compared to the current tsunami of illegal
immigration) the country basically took a 60 to 100 year break in allowing
waves of immigrants in order to properly assimilate your ancestors.

Comparisons of past immigration periods to today's problem are completely
inapplicable (comparing apples and oranges) because:

1.  Can't compare LEGAL immigration to ILLEGAL immigration. 2.  The
differences in numbers of past waves of LEGAL immigration to current
tsunami of ILLEGAL immigration are so different by a couple or more orders
of magnitude to make any such comparisons completely unreasonable and
inapplicable.
3.  We should have started a 60 to 100 year break to absorb the illegals
and their families in the country oh about 10 to 20 years ago in order to
be comparable to taking breaks after past LEGAL immigration waves.

You can be against continued and unabated ILLEGAL immigration without
forgetting in any way about our own ancestors who immigrated here LEGALLY
followed by a sustained drop in immigration to allow absorption.  BIG
DIFFERENCES.  NO COMPARISON.

Gary



Geo. wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote
> in message news:4650af71$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>> This is like listening to blacks bitch about Mexicans. You have such a
>>> nice native American sounding name bob, perhaps you could tell us what
>>> tribe you come from?
>>>
>> Bob new-Comer?
>>
>> 
>
> Well yeah, it's like my wife is Polish and Amish and  I'm Italian and
> German so I should bitch about people coming to America because they
> want a better life? People like that are the heart and sole of this
> country and we better never forget it.
>
> Geo.

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