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SENTIMENTALLY PATRIOTIC

Stories like this bring tears to my eyes.

In Love With Each Other, and With a New Country

Not only is it a story of bravery and escape but it is also a story of our own country and why people who come here want to stay and become a part of it.

I so totally take my citizenship for granted.

Read about these people and how long they waited for this.

Some have been through some serious shit.

I am proud of my country and what it has to offer as well as the fact that we will take refugees in and help them become Americans just like us.

My great grandparents came on the boat. That isn't too far back.

When we get all stirred up over the immigrant "problem", we should remember that most of us are only a few steps from the water ourselves. Our feet are a little damp.

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