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In article <C0GvtK.Czt@ddsw1.mcs.com>, arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) writes:
> In article <1993Jan6.164004.17266@udel.edu> carroll@gloin.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes:
> >
> >Every culture brings with it some negatives - because people aren't
> >perfect. But every culture also brings with it some positives. Every
> >culture that has come to America has changed after it got here, and as
> >it has changed, it has changed the culture around it. Every group has
> >made unique contributions to the culture that we are a part of. 
> 
> That may have been true in the past but the vast majority of people
> attempting to enter at this time bring nothing butt misery with them.
> We don't need anymore wretched refuse.  It's time to send the 
> Statue of Liberty somewhere else.  Perhaps to Isreal.  They seem to
> want immigrants,  we don't need anymore.  The bucket is full.  NO
> HELP WANTED.
> 
> js


So when *wasn't* the "bucket full"?  There isn't a single argument
against immigration today that I haven't seen in books written
in the 1970's, the 50's the 20's the 1800's.  Every group that has
ever immigrated to America has fought against that prejudice to
be taken seriously as "real American's" and then joined with their
former enemies to try and pull up the ladder. There's no one more
forgetful than a 2nd+ generation American.

Back in New Jersey, one of the most strident letter writers to
a local paper is a guy from the John Birch Society.  They've
published several of his letters that could have been lifted from
1920's populist literature (and probably were).  All about how
these new people will never become "real Americans" like us. and
how they will never learn English, never get jobs, never amount
to anything, will fill our jails and insane asylums etc etc etc.
That guys name is "Oswelzski"!  Only in America could this guy
get away with this kind of crap without even being reminded that
under his own rules his father, grandfather or whatever would
have been refused entry to this country as "undersirable", thereby
robbing him of his chance to be a "real American".

In the 1940's Bill Mauldin drew a cartoon showing a guy sitting
in front of a log cabin at the Eastern shore of North America
as a boat (that looked suspiciously like the Mayflower) pulled
into the harbor - "More dang immigrants!" he cries "I swear this
country is getting to a dumping ground for Europe's trash!"


marc colten