re: #133 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

In a very real sense, any first generation American was an “anchor baby,” if their parents were immigrants. The convoluted process of getting a green card and your citizenship did not exist prior to 1965. You came in, then some time later in court stated your intention to become a citizen (first papers). After 3-5 years residency, you applied for citizenship (second papers) and finally got your naturalization certificate. Compared to today’s over complicated system, it was a breeze (if you were not Asian or a black African).

Yeah my family naturalized pretty quickly. Honestly, people who like to yammer about how their grandparents did this and that have no idea how much easier it was for them to be naturalized.