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Old 10-19-2016, 10:03 PM
 
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Hillary said that America is a nation of immigrants. When in fact America is a nation of Americans. How many immigrants is Hillary expecting to follow freely across the free border?

If we took in 5x the number of immigrants each year to5 million, there still are 80 million new immigrants being born each year. America will never solve world poverty by taking in immigrants; illegally or legally.
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:19 PM
 
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How many generations of Americans born in America does it take before one stops being an "immigrant"? My ancestors have been here since the 1600's and Native Americans have been here for 20,000 years.
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:25 PM
 
Location: on the edge of Sanity
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So Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley aren't real Americans?
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:27 PM
 
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Liberals want open borders and the destruction of America as we know it. They hate people who disagree with them. Just read this forum.
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:45 PM
 
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A nation of immigrants yes but that was then and this is now. Where has this pathetic delusional Clinton been?

Oh wait, that's right. She's been in politics for the last 30+ years.
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Old 10-19-2016, 10:52 PM
 
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Both of my parents were immigrants.

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How many generations of Americans born in America does it take before one stops being an "immigrant"? My ancestors have been here since the 1600's and Native Americans have been here for 20,000 years.
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:00 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Both of my parents were immigrants.
So were mine- 190 and 120 years ago, respectively on both sides.
Every person who's not a continental native is a child of immigrants. How long our ancestors have lived here is only a matter of blind chance that none of us had anything to do with.

So 'time in' counts for nothing. What matters, and the only thing that matters, is we are American. Through our birth or by our conscious choice.

Personally, I admire the person who risked all to come here and take his chances in a new land that's largely unknown to him and little understood. And stays. And becomes a new citizen.

That takes a lot more gumption, courage, and guts than simply being born here does.
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:01 PM
 
Location: NYC
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So were mine- 190 and 120 years ago, respectively on both sides.
Every person who's not a continental native is a child of immigrants. How long our ancestors have lived here is only a matter of blind chance that none of us had anything to do with.

So 'time in' counts for nothing. What matters, and the only thing that matters, is we are American. Through our birth or by our conscious choice.

Personally, I admire the person who risked all to come here and take his chances in a new land that's largely unknown to him and little understood. And stays. And becomes a new citizen.

That takes a lot more gumption, courage, and guts than simply being born here does.
I'm sure the drug lords in Mexico is thanking you for your support right now. Mexican drug lords love doing business with America. Hillary will make business a huge boom for them.
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:03 PM
 
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Personally, I admire the person who risked all to come here and take his chances in a new land that's largely unknown to him and little understood. And stays. And becomes a new citizen.

That takes a lot more gumption, courage, and guts than simply being born here does.
So you're for open borders? Let anyone walk in and give America a whirl?
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Old 10-19-2016, 11:09 PM
 
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So were mine- 190 and 120 years ago, respectively on both sides.
Every person who's not a continental native is a child of immigrants. How long our ancestors have lived here is only a matter of blind chance that none of us had anything to do with.

So 'time in' counts for nothing. What matters, and the only thing that matters, is we are American. Through our birth or by our conscious choice.

Personally, I admire the person who risked all to come here and take his chances in a new land that's largely unknown to him and little understood. And stays. And becomes a new citizen.

That takes a lot more gumption, courage, and guts than simply being born here does.
Well, my parents are immigrants. Not hundreds of years ago like yours, but in the 1950s. My parents followed the law to get here. People like you disgust me. You have zero appreciation for the rule of law or what it means to be an American.
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