re: #267 Anymouse

Hence my paternal grandparents being illegal immigrants (Polish escaping the Nazis when Poles were prohibited from entering the country for being “intellectually inferior” and Rep. Steve King R-IA wanting to deport the grandchildren of “illegal immigrants” including me.)

Nearly every immigrant wave from anywhere but northern Europe (excepting Ireland) has met resistance from nativists. The Irish, the Italians, Eastern Europeans, Mexicans, Asians — the list goes on and on. Yet many did arrive on these shores, and the nation has survived and even thrived.