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    We don't regard immigrants as "bad" people

    From an article in the food section of today's NYT:

    That inclusiveness has a long history. The Pennsylvania Dutch first settled in the area in 1709, after fleeing persecution in Europe for their adherence to Anabaptism, a Protestant movement. A banner above a busy intersection downtown reads, “A History of Welcome Since 1742,” the year Lancaster was chartered as a borough.

    During the 19th century, Lancaster became a stop along the Underground Railroad, as residents provided protection for escaped slaves. Puerto Ricans and other Latinos began arriving as farm laborers in the 1940s, followed in the 1980s by Cubans who had come to the United States in the Mariel boatlift, a mass emigration to escape economic hardship and political repression.

    National religious organizations like the Mennonite Central Committee, which opened a Lancaster office in 1935, and Church World Service, which followed in 1987, have actively sought to bring refugees to the city. In 2017, Church World Service reported resettling 477 refugees here. That same year the city, whose population is about 60,000, took in 20 times more refugees per capita than any other in the United States, according to the Lancaster City Alliance, an organization devoted to the city’s development.
    My family came here in 1719, the first family farm is about 7 miles away
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    My grandfather came from Germany with the grapes in CA.
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.

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    My great, great grandfather, from Scotland, was thrown off a boat into Penobscot Harbor.

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    "The Importance of Ellis Island in American Immigration. Between 1892 and 1954, Ellis Island represented America to millions of immigrants, most of them arriving from Europe. It wasn't the only point of entry to the United States, but it was certainly the most important and the busiest". This is a quote from a Google search. It's important. They came in orderly and legal. They did not storm our borders in the middle of the night. We welcome immigration but we should not welcome border runners.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    ..... They came in orderly and legal. They did not storm our borders in the middle of the night. We welcome immigration but we should not welcome border runners.
    AMEN!!!
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    It is pretty easy to understand why the vast majority are not waiting to come legally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    It is pretty easy to understand why the vast majority are not waiting to come legally.
    You are correct the Democratic Party.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    You are correct the Democratic Party.
    I was think more in the line of “a chance for a decent life in the ‘shining city on the hill.’”
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