By David Stoughton Santa Monica
The hordes of demonstrators protesting the pending immigration law changes are loud in their chant of “si se puede” and correct in their assertion that it is immigrants who made this country great. They seem to leave out “lawfully naturalized citizens.”
As to how many of those brilliant innovators who made this country great came from Mexico, their silence is deafening.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 31, 2006. Read the original PDF.