We are all children of immigrants. We don't need a wall on our southern border
Yes, I am a second generation American. All four of my grandparents came to America from Norway and Denmark by way of Ellis Island. The came here LEGALLY. They were all required to prove that they were disease free and had sponsors here who would help them get settled as AMERICANS. My mother's father had a fourth-grade education. He came here broke. His first job was driving a horse-drawn milk wagon. He married and his wife, my grandmother, never worked outside the home.
During World War II he bought two apartment building for them, my Mom and Aunt to live. The other units were rented. My Mom and Aunt could not find an apartment in which to live in Chicago because they each had children without a husband. My Ol' Man lost his leg in the Battle of the bulge after five months on the front line. My Uncle was in the South Pacific.
I cannot describe the pride each of my grandparents took in learning English and becoming AMERICAN CITIZENS!
Why are immigrants from other countries, Pakistan, India, Japan, the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and others so eager to come to America and BUILD a future, a business and be successful?