"And if they, or their parents, originally got here the same way, that doesn’t mean they want company. They wouldn’t be the first demographic group to raise the drawbridge behind them." True, that. The German Jews who emigrated to the U.S. and did their assimilation bit weren't thrilled by the influx of Russians, Galitzianers, etc., who came by the boatloads around 1900.
Wonderfully done
Great piece Irv.
Yes, to all of it. Thanks for a powerful column.
Nice job pulling together facts about immigration that don't get enough attention in our sound-bite world.
"And if they, or their parents, originally got here the same way, that doesn’t mean they want company. They wouldn’t be the first demographic group to raise the drawbridge behind them." True, that. The German Jews who emigrated to the U.S. and did their assimilation bit weren't thrilled by the influx of Russians, Galitzianers, etc., who came by the boatloads around 1900.
You said it! Even the Republicans should see that, compassion and morality aside, this is an economic issue.
Brilliant