We need to unite in the United States

This is a good column, comparing the original plan for assimilation with what is happening now.   - - Donna Poisl

by Bob Lanzotti, Guest Columnist

Assimilation, once the goal of every American immigrant, need not be a thing of the past. Our national motto, E Pluribus Unum (From many, One), was the brainchild of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin in 1776 to complement the unity of colonies into a nation, later the United States of America. E Pluribus Unum still appears on every U.S. coin. Once upon a time, the national motto was appropriate for America’s immigration policy. We even referred to America as the “Great Melting Pot.” From many immigrants came many American citizens.

But that was then, this is now.
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