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I was listening to a Providence station today, and a Pol from RI said he was sponsoring a similar bill there. Everybody seems to agree with this solution, but when the Fed raided the sweatshop in New Bedford, all the liberals came out of the woodwork and screamed foul. Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, the Catholic clergy, etc. Sending illegals home is not a new thing. It has been done a number of times, as lately as after WW2. This was to create work for returning vets. I agree that people should only come into the country legally and be good citizens. Both of my parents were born here. I was born here, schooled here, served in the military, and while I was in the military, I learned that my maternal grandfather was an illegal alien. He was picked up by a British sea captain and his wife while wandering on a dock in Turkey. He was a small child, starving and could speak a little French and a little English. The captain died when my grandfather was 18, and he stepped off the boat in New York. He took the captain's name. This blemish on my record prevented me from getting security clearance for any critical jobs in the service. That fact is much the same as President Obama, so if he can stay, so can I. My parents, my children, and my grandchildren are good, hard working, contributing people. For me to condemn all illegals would be less than sincere. I do, however think we have such a problem with illegals, that laws like these are needed.
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