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ultralite001

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5. Thank you for this great post...

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:13 PM

Jun 11

It is good to reflect on how we arrived in this country...

Many have not had the luxury of having parents, grandparents,
aunts + uncles + cousins relate the tales of their arrival...

The hardships, oppression, depression, starvation, brutality,
poverty, illness, disruption, compromise, intolerance + so much
more that they endured, driving their journey, in blind faith, to this
country that once offered them such promise...

Each moment we fail to hold Trump + his minions to account, the
flame of Liberty that lit their way dims a bit more...

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For 283 years, America was literally a sanctuary for debtors, criminals, poor people and theocratic groups. [View all] ancianita Jun 11 OP

Legal vs Illegal Immigration Deep State Witch Jun 11 #1

The government did refuse some people in the waves of immigration ITAL Jun 11 #2

That's just a recent version of US history you've been presented with. ancianita Jun 11 #4

Absolutely! ancianita Jun 11 #3

Thank you for this great post... ultralite001 Jun 11 #5

I'm sorry I missed this excellent post on June 11. Heidi Jul 9 #6

Thanks. I based this on historian Jill Lepore's book, This America: The Case for the Nation, back in 2019. ancianita Jul 9 #7