But. is this why our parents and grandparents spent weeks and weeks on crowded ships to come here? Did they settle here for a free lunch and government handouts? Was the immigrant dream to know that a xenos. or stranger. would take care of your child if you couldnt? Most certainly not. As anyone who has been close with a proud Greek immigrant knows. it is hard enough to give them a free cup of coffee. much less a free lunch. Speaking for Ahepans. and all Americans of Hellenic descent. we do not want our children in staterun institutions. We do not want them to be cared for by mothers and fathers who disappear every day by five minutes after five.
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Greek immigrants are proud and do not want handouts.