You know we are in trouble when the Senate has time to pass a
resolution, of absolutely no effect, Ah, Senator, when you voted to
pass a resolution that the national anthem can only be sung in ENGLISH,
were you aware that it can be sung in ANY language, under our current
constitution? I recall something about the Bill of Rights guarenteeing
our freedom of speech. So why don't you just go back to sleep.

Aware of this stunning development, the Senate quickly went back to
devise the latest so-called immigration bill. I worked in an American
Embassy as Chief of the Visa Section, thirty-five years ago, which
meant driving myself crazy while dealing with thousands of penniless
people trying to get visas to spend the winter in that winter holiday
paradise - Paterson, New Jersey. Or maybe to take the eight kids up to
meet their mom who already was in Disneyland enjoying her vacation.
LOL

That was 35 years ago and illegal immigration was already a BIG
problem. Congressman Rodino from Newark, NJ, and big name in Congress
and on immigration, came by to talk about this, but didn't see much
hope for any relief in the future. Especially not if it would cost
money and people for INS and the State Department. Good God, man we
have to pay for the war in Viet Nam and the Poverty Program. He didn't
say that, but it was true. He was right, nobody did anything and they
will not today.

Why? Because immigrants, women, minorities, and even retirees are
needed now to fill all sorts of jobs that we cannot fill because our
birth rate declined after the huge baby boom added multi-millions to
the population (mostly Caucasians and African Americans). Now that
generation is heading into retirement and without the above workers,
and even with them, we just do not have enough people here to fill all
the jobs the baby boomers are leaving in the next twenty years.

Mostly we see the illegal immigrants because they are concentrated,
doing highly visible jobs like construction, farm work, restaurant
work, and lots of others. Of course many are here legally as residents
and citizens, but often with lousy American educations so they end up
with crummy jobs. The also end up in the Armed Forces and bleed and
die just like you and me. Even with that, our Armed Forces must hire
and train foreigners to finish a war we got going. Iraq, in case you
hadn't heard about our "exit strategy."

My immigrant mother (Ireland by way of Canada) was a civilian nurse
during WW II, while my father, son of Italian immigrant worked for the
British in New York Harbor since he already served in McArthur's 42nd
Infantry Division in France, World War I. They sent three of us kids
off to WW II and Korea to serve in the US Navy and Army.

That's the story of all immigration, as is plenty of discrimination and
even hatred of people who seem too different to live with us White
Folks. Irish, Italian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, the United States of
American can be really tough on you if you are not "REALLY WHITE." We
can even turn those folks against any new wave of immigrants by simply
saying, "they are taking our jobs!" Even when it is not true.