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Showing Original Post only (View all)President Obama Drops The "U" Word On The Republican Party [View all]
This whole anti-immigrant sentiment thats out there in our politics right now is contrary to who we are. Because unless you are a Native American, your family came from someplace else, Mr. Obama said. Dont pretend that somehow 100 years ago the immigration process was all smooth and strict. Thats not how it worked. The grandparents and great-grandparents of politicians taking a hard line on immigration, he said, were also somehow considered unworthy or uneducated or unwashed.When I hear folks talking as if somehow these kids are different from my kids or less worthy in the eyes of God, that somehow they are less worthy of our respect and consideration and care, I think thats un-American, Mr. Obama said.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-heads-to-iowa-to-put-education-economy-in-2016-campaigns-spotlight-1442260123
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Who could forget the signs in big cities, "no Irish or dogs allowed' and the hatred of
roguevalley
Sep 2015
#14
Just because the POTUS asserts something, doesn't mean it's the historic fact. Ellis Island had
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#10
So immigrants from Mexico, Central, and South America came through Ellis Island?
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2015
#27
Now, exactly to whom do you think Obama was referring, really, with his specific "100 years ago"
WinkyDink
Sep 2015
#39
"Show me where MY benefit is". Says everything I need to know about your politics,
Surya Gayatri
Sep 2015
#34
Indeed. You will never be able to "show" a person that which they do not wish to be "shown".
pampango
Sep 2015
#37
As a rule, I assiduously avoid personal commentary, but THIS could not pass.
Surya Gayatri
Sep 2015
#38