Why Pay for Immigrants?

February 2020

I grew up between Woods Hole and East Falmouth.  For many years, after my parents split, we were poor.  We bought gas with change from the ashtray, thrift shop cloths were handed down, the dump provided furniture, and the food we had was precious.

I was also a green card holder – an ‘alien’.  And America provided me free food at school.

Thank you.

I began working as a dishwasher at Swope, a local cafeteria, when I was 12 years old.  I was hungry for money. I liked what work brought me; money and success.

I became the youngest EMT and later, Paramedic, in the State and likely the nation.

I continuously served my community from Dishwasher to Cook to Firefighter to Paramedic to Nurse and now as a father and husband.

And then I became an American.

We pay for immigrants because they make America great and they make great Americans.

You’re welcome.