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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 667872" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Very true. My paternal grandfather came from Germany in the late 1800's. My maternal great-grandfather came from Ireland right about the time of the potato famine. Nearly all of us are descendants of immigrants and those in the last 200 years. We tend to forget how young our country is. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I wasn't lumping. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I was asking all our members that are from Great Britain and Europe to tell me what, in general, is the feeling or outlook they are seeing on this. I can say that, in general (while of course it varies from person to person), there are large groups of Americans suspicious of the migrants' motives and I think the majority of the country would be really upset at the thought of thousands of refugees pouring in. I'm pretty sure the vast majority would be against allowing in a million middle-eastern refugees in, and we're a <em>huge</em> country, and there would be groups screaming to close the borders. I wondered if there were similar groups in your countries or if they are, in general, more welcoming. I'm also wondering how it's being handled. After all, all we get is the basics; this number of people are waiting to get in and this country or that country has closed it's borders...we don't know what the mood of the people is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 667872, member: 17309"] Very true. My paternal grandfather came from Germany in the late 1800's. My maternal great-grandfather came from Ireland right about the time of the potato famine. Nearly all of us are descendants of immigrants and those in the last 200 years. We tend to forget how young our country is. I wasn't lumping. :) I was asking all our members that are from Great Britain and Europe to tell me what, in general, is the feeling or outlook they are seeing on this. I can say that, in general (while of course it varies from person to person), there are large groups of Americans suspicious of the migrants' motives and I think the majority of the country would be really upset at the thought of thousands of refugees pouring in. I'm pretty sure the vast majority would be against allowing in a million middle-eastern refugees in, and we're a [I]huge[/I] country, and there would be groups screaming to close the borders. I wondered if there were similar groups in your countries or if they are, in general, more welcoming. I'm also wondering how it's being handled. After all, all we get is the basics; this number of people are waiting to get in and this country or that country has closed it's borders...we don't know what the mood of the people is. [/QUOTE]
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