Not So Golden After All

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Immigrants: Cultures and Controversies

All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.

—Comedian Pat Paulsen

With his dry sense of humor, the late comedian Pat Paulsen reminds us of a simple, yet often overlooked fact: We all are immigrants in one way or another, maybe not directly but certainly indirectly. Some of us are descendants of ancestors who arrived three or four generations ago or more; others of us may be first-generation American citizens; ...