Nov 5 Refugees we are forced to support

Nov 5 Refugees we are forced to support

When our ancestors arrived at Ellis Island, no one met the ship with a benefits package. Our ancestors came with a trade, a skill, maybe a little cash, whatever they could carry, and a relative who could answer for them. There was no Medicaid, there was no food stamp office, people didn't have to pay taxes to bring them in and to establish them, and if they were likely to be something negative, we'd ship them back. The ones who stayed built our country. They laid track, cut cloth, opened shops, and raised children who could speak English and pay taxes. That was the bargain. America offered the chance. The immigrant did the work. When did that bargain die? When Washington decided being a refugee was a humanitarian stamp. It was a claim on Americans' paychecks and the right to live off strangers.

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