The year is 1907, one hundred years ago . . . Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon he person's becoming in every facet an American and nothing but an American . . . There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag . . . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language . . . and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
----- Theodore Roosevelt 1907
T.R.'s advice is just as applicable today, in 2007, as it was 100 years ago, maybe more so! Wow, I think Teddy Roosevelt would also be saying, now listen President Bush, our borders should be secured! Immigration should be done legally and orderly, unlike the present unenforced and unenforceable system. Let us unfreeze Immigration and Custom Enforcement (I.C.E.). Let's untie the hands of the Border Patrol's agents. Let's free agents Compean and Ramos. Let's build that fence. Let's put those who hire illegals in jail. Let's deport any illegal who breaks additional laws.
The subjective nature of immigration law allows for a great deal of discrepancy not only in Judges, but in adjudicating officers as well. The inability of the government to set forth a clear standard by which to base decisions on has left us with an unbalanced system where the chances of an application being approved depend more on where the application is filed then on the merits of the application itself.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. That is why this next election we need a person strong on immigration in the order of a Duncan Hunter or a Tom Tancredo. I heard Mike Huckabee recently espouse this position.
Teddy Roosevelt's statement go to far for me. For a Christian, loyalty and allegiance should be to Christ above all. Allegiance to country must always be secondary.
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