The Chair of this organization recognizes that the Hispanic community is the same as all the immigrant groups that have come here before. - - Donna Poisl
By Tom Auchterlonie
For Neighbors Link Board Chair Barbara Jackson, the Hispanic immigrant community that lives in Mount Kisco has similarities to historical patterns of immigration, with successive groups coming to America in search of a better livelihood.
Interested in history - her husband Kenneth Jackson is a professor at Columbia University - she notes that looking back, we are all immigrants.
“It’s been our narrative, it’s been our story.”
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This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.
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