Larry Loughlin

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Submitted by Anonymous on July 10, 2007 - 7:24pm.

I had the good fortune of being born in the USA. I conside the great immigrant tide here - legal and illegal - as an asset to our country. Perhaps the immigrants themselves will have hard, low payinf jobs and be at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder but wait for their children to achieve the dreams of thier parents. The woman I married was illegal from El Salvador and at one time we had a difficult time for her to cross the border if you know what I mean. But she finally got her green card and our marriage resulted in five children 3 of whom are bi-lingual. One son is a Deputy Sheriff and a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. One daughter is a bi-lingual social worker. All our children are gainfully employed and contributing to our society. It turns out my wife comes from a very large extended family both here and in El Salvador and we make frequent trips there & they come here. I believe the problem with those against (illegal) immigration is that they are short sighted and don't realize the benefits the off-spring can be to our great country. Also they probably don't know any illegals on a personal basis. If they did and could speak Spanish with them, they'd know that these folks are just trying to better thier and their children lives. I know if I had been born south of the border, I'd be one of the first to come to this great country of ours. They have brought their love of family, great foods (I love Mexican and Salvadorian food especially papusas and fried bananas con crema), and love of God. Their hard work under auster conditions is legendary. My own grandparents were immigrants from Ireland. There is a lot of criticism of the folks from south of the border speaking only Spanish but I think that is only normal. If a North American goes to a non-English speaking country is he or she going to speak the language of that country? No. I believe we all have to try and learn the baisics at leat of another language in order to communicate. If we can communicate then we can appreciate each other. If I didn't know some Spanish I never would have been able to meet the beautiful young lady who bacme my wife and five grandchildren later is still such a beautiful wonderful wife. Pero yo soy un Mexicano en mi corazon y yo apprendo espanol en las calles de Mexico quando soy muy joven. Hoy soy un vehito. Todos de Die4os.

Birth Year:
1936
State:
Illinois
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