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George Washington Was Pro-Migrant

January 16, 2008 By kyledeb

GEORGE W. BUSH: “I’m a uniter, not a divider.”
–Interview with David Horowitz for Salon.com, May 6, 1999

GEORGE W. BUSH: “I care what 51 percent of the people think of me”
–To Oprah Winfrey, September 20, 2000, quoted by Salon.com

Then to my surprise, in the same section, I get blown out of the water by these quotes from George Washington that have startling relevance in the fight for migrant emancipation.

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.”
–Address to the Members of the Volunteer Association and the Other Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Ireland Who Have Lately Arrived in the City of New York, December 2, 1783

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced

hereafter who have contributed anything, who have performed the meanest

office in erecting this stupendous fabric of freedom and empire on the

broad basis of Independence, who have assisted in protecting the rights

of humane nature and establishing an asylum for the poor and oppressed

of all nations and religions.”

-General Orders, April 18, 1783

After reading both of those quotes, I couldn’t help but feel that

George Washington would have been unhappy with those that have

denigrated millions of migrants for the simple act of seeking a better

life for themselves and those around them. 

They should migrate legally, the anti-migrant trolls would say in

response to that, but it’s a little hard when the U.S. only legally

accepts 147 new un-skilled workers

without US citizen or legal resident family already here.  A poor

migrant from Guatemala without any family in the U.S. would have to

wait 3000 years to get in at that rate.

As much as I have a problem with allowing the rich white males who

founded the U.S. to speak on behalf of the country, I do have to say

that it feels good that George Washington would have been on our side,

the man who could have become King of the U.S. but instead decided to

step aside after 8 years of presidency.

Despite all of the irreconcilable damage that the George W. Bush has

done to the world, in order to be fair I have to say he is pro-migrant

as well, and that the following is one of my favorite quotes from his entire presidency:


“We cannot build a unified

country by inciting people to anger, or playing on anyone’s fears, or

exploiting the issue of immigration for political gain.  We must always

remember that real lives will be affected by our debates and decisions, and

that every human being has dignity and value no matter what their

citizenship papers say.”

I think you should put that under the “Importance of Union”, Mr. Steve Coffman

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  1. shillelaghlaw says

    January 16, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    He owned over 300 of them.

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