This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman made some good points. For some
reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against
supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument
pretty simple… Not printed in the Orange County Paper . 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.
From: ‘David LaBonte’
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. Written in response to a series
of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register :
Dear Editor:
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.
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.
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.
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 first 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
Americas one people.
When we liberated France , no one in those villages was 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 have 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.
And here we are in 2009 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.
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 United States just yet.
(signed) Rosemary LaBonte
KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS
TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET. LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN.
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