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Newspapers simply won't  publish letters to the editor which they either deem 
politically incorrect (read  below) or which does not agree with the 
philosophy they're pushing on  the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the 
editor that should have been  published  but with your help it will get published 
via cyberspace!  

New Immigrants
From: "David LaBonte"

My wife, Rosemary, wrote  a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register 
which, of course, was not  printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by 
sending it out on the Internet.  Pass it along if you feel so inclined. 
Dave LaBonte  (signed)


Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in  the Orange  
County  Register:

Dear Editor:

So many letter writers have based their  arguments on how this land is made 
up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one,  suggests we should tear down the Statue 
of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being  treated the same 
as those who passed through Ellis  Island and other ports of entry. 

Maybe we should turn to our  history books and point out to people like 
Mr.Lujan why today's American is not  willing to accept this new kind of immigrant 
any longer. Back in 1900 when there  was a rush from all areas of Europe to 
come to the United States, people had to  get off a ship and stand in a long 
line in New York and be documented. Some  would even get down on their hands and 
knees and kiss the ground. They made a  pledge to uphold the laws and support 
their new country in good and bad times.  They made learning English a primary 
rule in their new American households and  some even changed their names to 
blend in with their new home. 

They had  waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new 
life and did  everything in their power to help their children assimilate into 
one  culture.

Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no  labor laws to 
protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they  had brought 
with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their  children came of 
age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side  men whose 
parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of  these 
1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their  
parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the  
Emperor of Japan. They were defending the  United States of  America as one 
people. When we liberated  France, no one in those villages were  looking for the 
French-American or the German American or the Irish American.  The people of 
France saw only Americans And we  carried one flag that represented one country. 
Not one of those immigrant sons  would have thought about picking up another 
country's flag and waving it to  represent who they were. It would have been a 
disgrace to their parents who had  sacrificed so much to be here. These 
immigrants truly knew what it meant to be  an American. They stirred the melting 
pot into one red, white and blue bowl.  

And here we are in 2007 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same  
rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different  
set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being  
faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American 
 is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in 
the  early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and 
sacrifice  in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon 
for  those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled 
that  they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country 
flags.  

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens 
to  mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I 
wouldn't  start talking about dismantling the United States just yet. 
(signed)  Rosemary LaBonte

P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP THIS  LETTER MOVING!!
I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across  the nation!!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ever  onward!!
 
MAY  GOD BLESS AMERIC