Virtually everyone that runs the show in the United States from its inception, is an immigrant to this nation, which is still true to this day, one way or another, such as through one’s bloodline. So then, the fact that the United States has historically had a real aversion to immigration except from specific western European countries, is indicative that this country is two-face about that which is its essence, and quite obviously by its behavior, contradictory to those that believe that America is the epitome of opportunity, hope, and freedom. Regrettably, those themselves that were immigrants seem to have forgotten that there isn’t any legitimate reason why the immigration door for others has to be closed, as if there isn’t any more room to fit anybody else in, when, in fact, there is more than enough room in this the third biggest country in landmass in the world.
Anybody with any sort of sensibility knows for a certainty that the mightiest nations in the world are those countries that have the necessary population and resources to exert themselves, and therefore it is never good enough to just be blessed with great natural resources, for without the people so needed to develop such and to improve upon such, nations are prone to stagnation and/or being conquered from that which has both the population and the means to impress themselves upon the other. This so indicates that in numbers there is strength, and for all those naysayers that preach the false gospel that we live in a world with ever limited resources, we should temper that belief in recognizing that humankind has again and again proved it has both the means and has figured out a way not only to survive but to thrive, even in the most trying of circumstances.
Disappointingly, there seems to be a belief from a sizeable portion of Americans, that immigrants, that don’t look like them, or have habits which are different from them, or are unkempt in appearance, or crossed the border illegally, are somehow not worthy of being embraced as a true American. While there is something to be said about the need to have some sort of integrity of our borders as well as to exert some sort of control over who so enters this country, a lot of this could be alleviated, if America presented a much more liberal and accommodating attitude to those that are refugees or simply those that are looking for a chance, or an opportunity to better themselves in a country that offers such, by therefore having a far more liberal policy towards those that would immigrate here.
America became a great power, not only because of its Constitution and its principles, but tellingly though the blood, sweat, and tears of its people; and of which, if the population of America had simply stagnated, as in its population remaining at or about 76 million peoples, which was its population in 1900, it seems inconceivable that it would today be the world’s foremost power, but rather one would think, that outside forces would have seen America as a land to plunder, instead.
Those that would immigrate here or desire to do so, are primarily doing this for the opportunity to better their lives as well as their children’s lives. Almost without exception, new immigrants are not here to play the “entitlement card”, or for welfare, or to be shiftless in their attitude, but rather, given a fair chance, they are the very stuff that will demonstrate in action, that they mean to be American, in every good sense of the word.