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<blockquote data-quote="Forgalspop" data-source="post: 3560365" data-attributes="member: 46636"><p>My grandfather on my father's side immigrated from Russia and entered illegally via Canada. He worked on a farm in North Dakota and then migrated to Chicago and worked as a mechanic. He was working under a car one day and immigration officials showed up and kicked his feet and had him get out from under the car and arrested him. They gave him a choice of being deported or joining the Army to gain his citizenship.</p><p>He ended up in the Army and served in France during WWI. He married a Swedish gal (my grandmother) who's parents had immigrated from Sweden when she was a child.</p><p></p><p>My grandfather could speak four languages (Russian, German, Swedish and English). He refused to speak anything but English and was proud to be an American. </p><p></p><p>Even though he entered the United States illegally, he assimilated and only considered himself an American; not a Russian-American. </p><p>America has always been a melting pot, but unlike today, most immigrants in the past assimilated and were proud to be Americans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forgalspop, post: 3560365, member: 46636"] My grandfather on my father's side immigrated from Russia and entered illegally via Canada. He worked on a farm in North Dakota and then migrated to Chicago and worked as a mechanic. He was working under a car one day and immigration officials showed up and kicked his feet and had him get out from under the car and arrested him. They gave him a choice of being deported or joining the Army to gain his citizenship. He ended up in the Army and served in France during WWI. He married a Swedish gal (my grandmother) who's parents had immigrated from Sweden when she was a child. My grandfather could speak four languages (Russian, German, Swedish and English). He refused to speak anything but English and was proud to be an American. Even though he entered the United States illegally, he assimilated and only considered himself an American; not a Russian-American. America has always been a melting pot, but unlike today, most immigrants in the past assimilated and were proud to be Americans. [/QUOTE]
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