I’m descended (on my Father’s side) from immigrants who came here from Poland early in the 20th century. Many immigrants were hated then too, but look at how strong our nation became because of that influx of people who were willing to work hard to make a good life for themselves and contribute to the community.

My stance on this is very simple. Anyone who wants to come here to make a better life for himself and his family should be allowed to, and should be able to become a citizen after five years, provided they have worked here and contributed to the community during that time.

All citizens should be required to contribute to this nation somehow, by entering the military or law enforcement, civil service, or volunteering to help those who need it most. We have to limit how many people we let in at once for practical reasons and we need to invest in making people’s nations of origin a better place to live so they don’t feel compelled to leave.

It’s good to see other people who understand that immigrants are fellow human beings who we should be helping, not trying to kick out of the country.

I just finished arguing against a whole group of crazy people on another site. I don’t have the time for this. Let them drink their tea and pretend they can bring back an imaginary world where white people had all the power, non-whites “knew their place”, and everything was “right”.