When will we look at our current immigration strategies and ask ourselves, 'when will these people, forced from their homes, become tolerated members of American society?' Will this anger and rage in our current discourse be worth it 100 years from now?
For an assignment for a class, I was to investigate my ancestral history. The paternal side of my family was forced to immigrate from Switzerland due to religious persecution. My maternal side left Ireland due to the Great Irish Famine and experienced persecution here in
Where is the line in the sand for immigrants to become 'tolerated' here in the United States? 150 years ago, my family wasn't looked highly upon. Somehow, that negative connotation went away.