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Historic NY

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21. People really need to go and investigate their own families backgrounds
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:53 AM
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I can guarantee many will find a good number of gparents ggparents gggparents the were living as undocumented or resident aliens here. My Grandmother always wanted to become a citizen coming here in 1904, she married had 8 children, lost her husband just before WWII, was registered as an alien. My family tried to keep the farm going but it became difficult, as children married and had there own familes. In 1966 she finally became a citizen. I just came across pictures of that day. She lived as a citizen until she died at age 96.

The point is things got in the way, language barriers, life in general, finally her daughters helped her study up. From the time my grandfather bought the farm they lived a hectic life between community activities and church, they didn't have my time. My grandmother said its was like a circus and she ran the kitchen at all hours, with people coming an going. My gfather bought his siblings over and they did all the initial declarations back then. His father came here 3 times in the 1880s which no one living today even knew. We haven't a clue but he want to NY City, went home and died 5 yrs before they left for the US. Our family name was changed by the school and finally formally after one of the daughter wrote requesting its adoption. I have some ideas why he came.

The was no ICE knocking, then.

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George W Bush, to his credit, provided a blueprint. RandySF Friday #1
ICE definitely doesn't obey the law. C Moon Friday #2
THAT IS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM, ASSHOLE Skittles Friday #3
Someone spike his milk? No one wants to "solve" immigration. DJ Synikus Makisimus Friday #4
Yup. If they wanted to solve undocumented worker problem it could easily and efficiently be done travelingthrulife Friday #18
Fuck Newt! BidenRocks Friday #5
Oh absolutely PatSeg Friday #20
Thank you Cirsium Friday #24
From the man who helped write the book on GOP dirty tactics, revenge, evil. Irish_Dem Friday #6
Green card greymattermom Friday #7
And they are locking them up too Historic NY Friday #22
You started alot of the shit that got us to where we are at as a nation, Newt! Chasstev365 Friday #8
STFU, sNewty! 2naSalit Friday #9
I seem to recall there was a bipartisan bill to address this that TSF torpedoed. sinkingfeeling Friday #10
and what exactly does this piece of shit know about obeying the law. Javaman Friday #11
Maybe Newty's Having A Lee Atwater Moment, IYKWIM.🤞 ColoringFool Friday #12
Time for Gingrich to shut his cancerous mouth. Old Crank Friday #13
B!!eware damifino10 Friday #14
Newty said in Feb 2025 Trump may be the most consequential president since Lincoln Raven123 Friday #15
Who reanimated this fossil And asked for his opinion? Ray Bruns Friday #16
Isn't he dead yet?? travelingthrulife Friday #17
Ask the companies that employ them in order to exploit them for cheap labor, valleyrogue Friday #19
What's wrong with that? Cirsium Friday #25
My point is this: These people are blaming the people who come here and NOT the employers valleyrogue Friday #28
I know Cirsium Friday #29
People really need to go and investigate their own families backgrounds Historic NY Friday #21
What rock did Gingrich crawl out from under at this late date to state the obvious? He is one of the reasons we are Martin68 Friday #23
STFU newt. I wouldn't piss in his ear if his brain was on fire. Hassler Friday #26
Yes he broke politics but maybe he can help unbreak them LearnedHand Friday #27
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