Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Immigrants are the lifeblood of the United States

This article tells the story that many of us know. Our ancestors came from other countries, always without immigration papers (since they didn't exist then), almost always struggling to live here and then succeeding. - - Donna Poisl

By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD, The Kansas City Star

My grandfather first dreamed of America when, in today’s world, he would have been an elementary school kid.

By the time he’d reached middle school age, he’d walked out of Abruzzi, Italy, and onto a cattle ship, working his way to New York.

He arrived “Without Papers,” so he was a WOP, who as a 14-year-old went to work in the West Virginia coal mines.
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