Those immigrants you are nostalgic for came through Ellis Island, legally

Jun 7, 2018
Jun 7, 2018 Updated Jun 7, 2018
6

To The Daily Sun,

Oh, how we pine for the "good ole days." A spate of letters in the past few weeks waxed nostalgic about 19th and 20th Century European immigration to the U.S. The writers correctly credit this influx with the building of our great country. They reminisce about the downtrodden Irish or Poles or Italians who rose to the challenges of discrimination to achieve better lives for all.

All true but, alas, they are remiss in their recounting since they fail to mention entry processing through Ellis Island in accordance with our immigration laws. In so failing, they imply those who want to see our immigration laws enforced are anti-immigration xenophobes. This is a false implication but smearing all conservatives with characteristics of a few is an oft-used tactic.

Peter Conant

Lincoln

(6) comments

John Morrissey Jun 11, 2018 9:03pm

My letter was about legal immigration. The federal government is choking off legal immigration, particularly from *hole countries. Sicily would have been considered a *hole country at the time, and my ancestor immigrants didn't speak English or have a skill. Let's be honest, the immigration policy is anti Muslim and anti people of color.

Woofdog Jun 12, 2018 10:25am

I vehemently disagree. Immigration to the U.S. has been totally out of control for many years and we finally have a President who is trying to correct this serious problem for our national sovereignty. Not surprisingly, globalists object!

alanzdba921 Jun 7, 2018 10:54pm

Peter - you're fooling yourself. Ellis Island and Angel Island were just the ones MOST ships came in via. Hundreds of thousands came across the border from Canada having arrived there already from Scotland and France and England. Or in to smaller harbors in Maine and Massachusetts and the Carolinas. My German and Scottish and Dutch ancestors came thru Canada. My Belgian great-grandfather came thru Ellis. My English ancestors came in thru Boston before anyone other than Native Americans considered THEM "immigrants".

Woofdog Jun 10, 2018 7:44pm

Alanzdba921 - Please excuse me for disregarding your comments since you offered no objective evidence (references) to validate your comments. Best regards

Woofdog Jun 12, 2018 9:42am

alanzdba921 - I did a little more research and came to the conclusion that you are correct and I was not fooling myself since I was not fully informed. The history of immigration to the U.S. is essentially an evolutionary, reactionary mess.