Gingrich: Time for 'national conversation' about immigrants living in country illegally who 'obey the law'

[Historic NY]

21. People really need to go and investigate their own families backgrounds

I can guarantee many will find a good number of gparents ggparents gggparents the were living as undocumented or resident aliens here. My Grandmother always wanted to become a citizen coming here in 1904, she married had 8 children, lost her husband just before WWII, was registered as an alien. My family tried to keep the farm going but it became difficult, as children married and had there own familes. In 1966 she finally became a citizen. I just came across pictures of that day. She lived as a citizen until she died at age 96.

The point is things got in the way, language barriers, life in general, finally her daughters helped her study up. From the time my grandfather bought the farm they lived a hectic life between community activities and church, they didn't have my time. My grandmother said its was like a circus and she ran the kitchen at all hours, with people coming an going. My gfather bought his siblings over and they did all the initial declarations back then. His father came here 3 times in the 1880s which no one living today even knew. We haven't a clue but he want to NY City, went home and died 5 yrs before they left for the US. Our family name was changed by the school and finally formally after one of the daughter wrote requesting its adoption. I have some ideas why he came.

The was no ICE knocking, then.