Joseph Meehan wrote:
Terry wrote:
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:30:36 -0500, "jerryl"
wrote:

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
...

Why do you see so much hate and fear?

Why is our reaction always negative?

Why don't we remember that this country was founded on the
principle of immigrants being welcome Why can't we remember that
nearly all of us here have ancestors who were immigrants and who
would have been illegal under the current restrictive laws?

Why don't we welcome them and insist that our government
eliminate the hateful fearful barriers?

Why can't people realize that most immigrants are some of the
best people who are looking for a better life and are willing to
work for it.

Why have we forgotten the words inscribed on the Statue of
Liberty?

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to
breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send
these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me"

What has happened to this country?

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit



I welcome all legal immigrants. It's the illegals I resent and want
deported. The legals had to jump through hoops, prove their health is
satisfactory and prove that they have no criminal records. They also
have to prove that they won't be a burden on society. The illegals
come in with no such proof. They flood our medical system, education
system and prison system. Look at the prison populations in the
western cities.

That is the way it works at my house. You are welcome coming in the
front door. You get shot trying to come in the back door.

But do you set arbitrary limits on the front door?

Of course! Who doesn't?


Do you have a sign
posted on your lawn saying "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled
masses, yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me"

No, and neither does the U.S. That's a nice, quaint
little poem, but it is not national immigration law -
nor should it be. We do not, and should not, simply
abolish immigration law.