So did my father. who came here at a much later time in life. who went to work and made a living. paid his taxes. Far more than whatever benefits may have been received were paid into the Treasury by the taxes. by the Social Security withholdings and all the other ways in which taxes are paidwhether they be property taxes for the homes we have bought. whether it be other contributions. not to mention the charitable contributions. Yes. believe it or not. immigrants do go to work on Sunday. We talk an awful lot about the few bad apples that always are in any group that has come here. and their purposes are not good. What about the folks that go to church on Sundays and put something in the basket. help a fellow neighbor. bring someone else along and help them to get a job or give them a job? Illegal immigrants in this country also create jobs. They open businesses. They do not just take. they give. That is the story of America. I am not saying anything that is unique or different. All I am saying is. a reflection. a mirroring of the America I have known in my life. the same America for immigrants that came at the turn of the century from other places also understood and knew to be the America they knew. it is the America that allows people to rise in accordance with their hard work. the story of immigrants in America that work. the story of hard work. people who come here to make a better lifenot to take. but to giveto be part of this great experiment we call America and to not change America by what they do. but to be changed by America. Beyond the issues of money. some worry that our culture will be changed. I have heard that. too.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about 'a few bad apples' in any immigrant group.