"In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe."

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"In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe."

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"It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation."

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"But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone."

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