Immigrant descendants

Stephen Miller, the White House senior policy advisor, supported a bill that would penalize immigrants who didn’t speak English.  It turns out that the 1910 census shows his great-grandmother couldn’t speak English, only Yiddish.

Then there is Tucker Carlson, who once said “Why does America benefit from having tons of people from failing countries come here?”  Turns out his Swiss ancestor came to the U.S. in 1860 looking for work.

Let’s not forget Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren, who opined:  “Respect our laws and we welcome you.  If not, bye.”  Tomi’s great-great grandfather had been indicted for forging citizenship papers in 1917.

How do we know this?  Jennifer Mendelsohn, a writer who lives in Baltimore who is also a an expert in genealogy, has done the research.  She signs her tweets with the hashtag #resistancegenealogy.

I learned all of this from the most recent issue of the New Yorker, Feb. 5, 2018., pp. 16-17.  

By the way Stephen Miller’s great-grandmother would have a word for him.  You may have even heard it.  He’s a “putz.”