Have you forgotten that this country
“Ted” Cruz, must have forgotten
was built on the backs of immigrants
your
story.
and refugees? Those who sought
that
you
a better life. Can you imagine your
Canadian citizenship last year? Do
ancestors at Ellis Island? They were
you understand that your lineage
greeted with the kind-hearted words
faced
inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
and Italian? Do you realize that had
Have
just
you
forgotten
renounced
oppression—Cuban,
your
Irish,
others succeeded in their oppressive
“Give me your
tired, your poor,
Your huddled
masses, yearning
to breathe free,
The wretched
refuse of your
teeming shore,
Send these,
the homeless,
tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp
beside the
golden door.”
strategies, you may have never
— Emma Lazarus
about Syrian refugees. We cannot
stepped foot in this country? Further,
you may have never been born since
your American mother would have
not met your Cuban father. Take
note, however, that this does not
apply to only Senator Rafael Cruz.
Unless your ancestors are all Native
Americans, you are descendants of
immigrants, refugees, and slaves.
As
GOP
candidates,
you
have
the opportunity to lead a wave of
change and let this be a positive
footnote within the history of the
United States. In years past, our
country has denied Jews, Asians,
Cubans, and Indians (not to be
confused with Native Americans
since this is our original land).
We cannot live in a state of fear
live in fear of Islam. If you will not
Of all of you, however, I would think
blame Christianity for the Ku Klux Klan,
that you, Senator Rafael Edward
then you cannot blame Islam for ISIS.
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