Monday, November 18, 2024
It's a New Day
We are so fortunate here in California to enjoy amazing weather all year. It does vary though and I am wearing my winter puffer vest while typing this.
Just a few days ago I was dressed in shorts and a sleeveless tee shirt and walking around bare foot. Which reminds me of my experiences at the nail salon that I now go to every few weeks. All the workers in the Salon are Vietnamese and they do not speak English very well. They love to insist with gestures that I have the calouses removed from my feet. The last time that I was at the salon, I said no I need them because I walk around with bare feet. So then I started to research about immigrants and the history of the Vietnamese coming into America. I learned that actress Tippi Hedren started the first group as refugees here. She had her nail person teach them what to do and then they got certified and enterprising. Ok so here is a political stab at those that think that immigrants will not be allowed here in America, ot that they will be deported. The policy that has been in place since I came here in 1974 ( I do not know when it first came into being ) is you can come here for 6 months ( you can return to your own county also and come back for aother 6 months) then you need a green card either by marrying a US citizen or by being a contributing worker, and then you can become a citizen. I know becasue I am an immigrant from England. So those who think that President elect Trump is making new rules, the basic rules have not changed. Biden on the other hand opened the borders to everyone. So what happens to those people, what work will they find to support themselves. What resources will they be using to be able to eat and have shelter. Where does the money come from for that. Here in California we have a lot of migrant workers as well, who are much needed to work harvesting food, and at where we keep our horses there are several. Most of them can not speak English.
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