Comments on: On Lou Dobbs and Immigration http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/12/on-lou-dobbs-and-immigration/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jim Sack http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/12/on-lou-dobbs-and-immigration/comment-page-1/#comment-90254 Jim Sack Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/12/on-lou-dobbs-and-immigration/#comment-90254 Jbabe, many of my friends are found at the Fort Wayne Sport Club and the Mannerchor. They went through the same tough situation as your parents and grandparents. Many were helped by sponsors, people like Charles Colligan, to establish here. Most of them have flourished. Another friend is a Romanian refugee who escaped in the dead of the night from communist Romania. He is a multi-millionaire and has never taken money from the government to accomplish his feat. I am proud of all of them for what they have done and who they are. And, occasionally, during Germanfest, I can be found in Lederhosen, auch. Jbabe, many of my friends are found at the Fort Wayne Sport Club and the Mannerchor. They went through the same tough situation as your parents and grandparents. Many were helped by sponsors, people like Charles Colligan, to establish here. Most of them have flourished. Another friend is a Romanian refugee who escaped in the dead of the night from communist Romania. He is a multi-millionaire and has never taken money from the government to accomplish his feat. I am proud of all of them for what they have done and who they are. And, occasionally, during Germanfest, I can be found in Lederhosen, auch.

]]> By: JBabe http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/12/on-lou-dobbs-and-immigration/comment-page-1/#comment-90250 JBabe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/12/on-lou-dobbs-and-immigration/#comment-90250 By far, one of the best reads on the issue I've ever come by! Yes, the process to be an American citizen is long, hard and cumbersome - but the reward is so worth it. I'm a first generation American and am thankful to be a part of such a great nation. My father and his family immigrated in the early 1950s, and the process back then, was tough too - and look how many jumped the hurdles and played the waiting game in order to attain the prize of citizenship. They were eager to start a new life after my grandfather was shot up by the Russians in WWII and my grandmother was put in a work camp because of her faith. My grandfather came to the States months before his wife and children. He had to be sponsored by a US citizen and find adequate housing and employment. It was only then that this family was allowed to come to the U.S. My father was 8. He started school in kindergarten, because there were no ESL programs to help him with the language. He describes his first year in the U.S. as difficult - being ridiculed in school because he was the only kid in lederhosen and spoke only German. He was called little Hitler. But he pressed on, learned the language and the culture and quickly advanced to where he should be in school. He became a contributing member of society - going on to college and eventually going into education. He's a father, grandfather, husband and patriot. He loves the U.S. He is a U.S. citizen and proudly so. He does not take his citizenship for granted. The hard work was worth it. The ridicule was worth it. The best things in life are those that you work hard for. By far, one of the best reads on the issue I’ve ever come by! Yes, the process to be an American citizen is long, hard and cumbersome – but the reward is so worth it.

I’m a first generation American and am thankful to be a part of such a great nation. My father and his family immigrated in the early 1950s, and the process back then, was tough too – and look how many jumped the hurdles and played the waiting game in order to attain the prize of citizenship. They were eager to start a new life after my grandfather was shot up by the Russians in WWII and my grandmother was put in a work camp because of her faith. My grandfather came to the States months before his wife and children. He had to be sponsored by a US citizen and find adequate housing and employment. It was only then that this family was allowed to come to the U.S. My father was 8. He started school in kindergarten, because there were no ESL programs to help him with the language. He describes his first year in the U.S. as difficult – being ridiculed in school because he was the only kid in lederhosen and spoke only German. He was called little Hitler. But he pressed on, learned the language and the culture and quickly advanced to where he should be in school.

He became a contributing member of society – going on to college and eventually going into education. He’s a father, grandfather, husband and patriot. He loves the U.S. He is a U.S. citizen and proudly so.

He does not take his citizenship for granted. The hard work was worth it. The ridicule was worth it.

The best things in life are those that you work hard for.

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