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Loyalties have changed

It's true. | 4:53 a.m. July 10, 2009

Immigrants who immigrate legally take an oath to renounce their loyalty to their countries of origin and to pledge their allegiance to the American flag. However, it seems this attitude is rather rare anymore.

One more thing, Loren | 5:21 a.m. July 10, 2009

The immigrants of which you speak came to the country LEGALLY.

whose flag? | 8:54 a.m. July 10, 2009

One thing always bugged me is when anyone protests they wave the "Mexican" or "Irish" flag or any countries flag other than USA to get their rights. Rights? When can I go to Mexico or anywhere I get "rights" from any other country but the U.S.A.? In Japan you have no "rights", A child born in Japan is not a Japanese citizen unless both parents are Japanese. Also if a child born of Japanese parents born in another country is not to be a Japanese citzen. I think we should be US citizens only if our parents are here legally.

wallofvoodoo | 12:30 p.m. July 10, 2009

I think it ironic that people wave Mexican flags at rallies to get rights in this country. It is ignorant. To show allegance to the USA does NOT mean that you give up whatever national identity that you have, it simply means that you show allegance to the USA. The USA is a great melting pot. I celebrate St Patricks day & Cinco De Mayo & I am neither Mexican or Irish, but I can apprecaite the what each of these cultures contribute to the country. To expect that people here will give that up is myopic & wrong.

seriously | 4:07 p.m. July 10, 2009

while I think we need to crack down on illegal immigration, the first immigrants here didn't come to be americans, they came to british, french, and spanish citizens in the americas.

Stewart | 9:41 p.m. July 10, 2009

For those of you that favor immigration, there are six and a half billion people in the world, and about four BILLION are poorer than the illegal aliens that sneak into the country.

How many should we take each year, One million, 10 million, 20 million 30 or even 50 million a year? We could double the U.S. population to over a half a Billion by 2020 and not make a dent in the world poverty level. So where do you draw the line? I say less than a million legal and zero illegal.

Those that haven't considered the consequences of open migration into the U.S. may want to give it some thought.

Bob Pomeroy | 4:00 p.m. June 2, 2010

I think we should recall the refugees from the Mormon Colonies shortly before WWI. Many (my grandmother)were 'sin papeles', but not considered illegals. Their contribution has been huge, and our culture would have suffered by their exclusion.

LDS Liberal | 4:33 p.m. June 2, 2010

The United States is a country of immigrants. However, there is a huge difference. The immigrants who made this country great came to this country to be Americans. Their loyalties were to America, not to their homeland or their relatives in their country of origin.

Loren E. Bullock

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It appeears you don't know an immigrant, nor have ever had family who immigrated here.

My Great Grandparents came here [Utah] from Spain, Germany, England and Russia. Some were Catholics, some were Jews.

It just so happens they happened to be Mormons as well.

They had been here for over 60 years by the time I was even born, and my whole life all they talked about their HOME countries.

BTW -
I'm PROUD of MY heritage.
It is PRECISELY why America was made great.

No one but an ingrate would take that away from anyone else.

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