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[quote=Anonymous]When my Mom came to US back in the early 1950s was different than today. She applied and waited her turn. She saved up from 14-28 by being a live in Nanny in Dublin. When she left she got on QE2 to NY in her best outfit, arrived in NYC by boat with hair, make up, dressed in business suit. Her Grand Aunt had to meet her at the processing center down by Battery Park in NYC. Her Grand Aunt had to sign she was the sponsor and had UNLIMITED liability for any lawsuit or bill or expense related to my Mom. She also had a extremely short time to get full time work. In fact the Grand Aunt had already arranged an interview at Phone company and Restaurant that same week. She got both jobs and picked the Restaurant. Her Grand Aunt had to provide housing for her. Luckily she owned an SRO for women in Manhattan. My mom got a room, paid rent like the rest of single women. No men allowed in building at all. They all ate together dinner as only rooms with no kitchen and bathroom in the hallway. My Mom then saved money, became a US Citizen then got married at 32. There was no sneaking into country. She saved up and waited 14 years to leave country. This is how immigration should work. My Mom brought her younger sister to US after she was a citizen and she had to do it all over again, sign for her, give her housing, get her a job. Then she did same thing got married and had a life.

They did not come here looking for anything but opportunity and married here and had kids here and were American the day the boat landed.      [/quote]

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