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JFK on Immigration Reform, October 1, 2005
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"John F. Kennedy's classic essay on the immigrant experience in America -- reissued to coincide with the reopening of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
"A lifelong concern of President Kennedy's was immigration reform....This landmark essay, written while he was President, discusses the ideas ultimately put into practice with the Immigration Bill of 1965, for which President Johnson gave him full credit.
In his new preface, John P. Roche, Kennedy's colleague and longtime friend, gives a charming and clear-eyed picture of the man and his career. And he puts _A Nation of Immigrants_ into perspective with a look at the current state of immigration laws...."
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Educational and Well Written, April 11, 2010
This review is from: A Nation of Immigrants (Paperback)
I learned alot about how America was developed and who came here first and what we adapted from them ini which we still use today. Stuff I never learned in History classes at scool which kinda suprised me. Very educational and as well informable on How President Kennedy looked on the issue. A great book to add to a collection.
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information relative to all U>S> immigrants, December 5, 2011
another book by other author of the same title exists. I had a hard time finding "A Nation of Immigrants"
on Amazon .com written by John F.Kennedy. He was the grandson of Irish Immigrants like me.
Great synopsis of how much the Irish love the U.S. and other immigrants. He gave The Irish credit for building/making the railroad ties/building bridges/doing the low pay jobs that current U>S> citizens
wouldn't do in the 1840's and after.
Irish people's priority was God,Jesus,Mary/St. Patrick/family/freedom
from Cromwell's /Esex's bullets/buring of Irish Catholic Churches/burning Irish schools/shootin Irish Catholic Priests in the head or back./
Cromwell/Essex burned 3 million dollars in U.S. money. They were trees thousand of years old.
Ireland is a country that's 10,000
old.The English crown is only 1,ooo years old. Our Irish ancestors knew what a crowned head did before England knew what a crown was. I had an English grandfather/an Anglican.Mom took me
for a visit to The Republic of Ireland where we, as U>S> citizens
wewr stranded by The Nazis'bombing of Europe.The English Crown rules
like Machavellie's "The Prince"
states.My Emglish grandfather made it clear to his many grown children and me he wouldn/t hesitate to use the "cat of nine tails" he kept hanging up. I was
3 years old.I could read,write and count great.My grandmother was a descendent of an Irish chief. My grandfather had an English name.All the Immigrants who came to theU.S. wanted to work without being beaten everyday.All of us Immigrant daughters were taught by our parents to respect other ethnic groups. Our parents/grandparents taught us to respect The U>S> and thank God for our freedoms.
Fortunately my dad worked for The US> Gov. I told my grandad if he
touched me with"The cat of 9tails"
I'd go to the U.S.EMBASSY.
Bought A Nation of Immigrants by
John F.Kennedy from Amazon.com
A woman wrote a book of the same title.
A Nation of Immigrants was hard to find on Amazon by John F. Kennedy.
Great info for all ethnic groups
to read.
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