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What Do Immigrants Owe Us?

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Posted By: Judy W., 4/23/2026 7:56:43 AM

We keep hearing it, over and over again, about how we Americans are somehow morally obligated to aliens – illegal or otherwise. About how we Americans are obligated to allow them into our country without our permission, and once they’re here, to not only subsidize them but to validate the garbage cultures that they came from and now insist on replanting in our sacred soil. But there’s a question that we need to start asking, particularly Republican politicians, whenever the subject of immigration arises. (Snip) No, when we’re talking about immigration, we need to ask a very simple question and demand an answer. What do immigrants owe us?

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All four of my grandparents were European immigrants, three of them in the early 1900s, one of them as a child in the1870s. All of them and most of their children contributed to our country and were grateful for the opportunity.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bpl40 4/23/2026 11:04:54 AM (No. 2096225)
A welfare state and open borders simply cannot co-exist. You don't need a Nobel Prize winning Economist ( in this case Milton Friedman) to tell you this.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 4/23/2026 11:31:46 AM (No. 2096240)
They owe us loyalty and integration into normal, American society. And a huge chunk of current immigrants intend NEITHER of these things.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Vaquero45 4/23/2026 11:51:23 AM (No. 2096252)
Exactamundo.
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