New rule: to comment negatively about immigrants, you have to first disclose why your own family members immigrated to the US seeking a better life, and why people facing much worse shouldn’t have the same opportunity.
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My great-grandmother got scarlet fever while visiting relatives in WI. Her parents returned to Europe and left her here to recuperate (she was 9 years old) and she just stayed. I don't know if she ever officially immigrated; she may have been ridin' dirty the whole time.
