Three of four of my grandparents were immigrants from two sides of the planet, one from Japan and two from a country that didn’t exist at that time but was part of the Russian Empire. My maternal grandmother was born on the island of Hawaii, which was part of a territory of the U.S., to two immigrant contract laborers working on a sugar…
Three of four of my grandparents were immigrants from two sides of the planet, one from Japan and two from a country that didn’t exist at that time but was part of the Russian Empire. My maternal grandmother was born on the island of Hawaii, which was part of a territory of the U.S., to two immigrant contract laborers working on a sugar plantation. All that they wanted was a better life for themselves and their children, so they came to a foreign country to take their chances because it was better than what they had back in the old countries. Same with the poor immigrants coming now, looking for a better life and willing to work for that chance, the only difference between them and my grandparents is that now, the immigrants are being used as pawns in some stupid political game by heartless excuses for human beings devoid of compassion and empathy towards those less fortunate than themselves…
Three of four of my grandparents were immigrants from two sides of the planet, one from Japan and two from a country that didn’t exist at that time but was part of the Russian Empire. My maternal grandmother was born on the island of Hawaii, which was part of a territory of the U.S., to two immigrant contract laborers working on a sugar plantation. All that they wanted was a better life for themselves and their children, so they came to a foreign country to take their chances because it was better than what they had back in the old countries. Same with the poor immigrants coming now, looking for a better life and willing to work for that chance, the only difference between them and my grandparents is that now, the immigrants are being used as pawns in some stupid political game by heartless excuses for human beings devoid of compassion and empathy towards those less fortunate than themselves…