[lit-ideas] Re: Mexican protesting
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:35:09 -0700
On May 2, 2006, at 7:53 AM, Lawrence Helm wrote:
<x-tad-bigger> We are a nation of immigrants who until recently came here legally; so a lot of people may be resenting this new group which “gets” to come in here illegally and then stay. </x-tad-bigger>
I don't think "who until recently came here legally" is absolutely correct. I am reminded of a conversation with a colleague about how her Polish ancestors arrived in the U.S. One arrived in the U.S. and went through the procedure to obtain a passport. Then the passport was mailed back to Poland and another family member used it. I think she said twenty family members used the same passport. How they got around the problems of photography and gender difference, I don't know.
If anyone is interested in the history of passports, here are some good places to start:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist8_prog7c.shtml
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/passport/
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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