As a country, the United States of America has always had a vigorous debate around the issue of immigration. No, Democrats do not want to let everyone in and no, Republicans do not hate Mexicans.
America stands as an active beacon, calling people to her borders in the greatest and most successful experiment in the history of man. But now, the Tsarnaev brothers will leave their mark on the immigration debate and that sucks.
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door,” reads part of the placard on the Statue of Liberty.
Damn, though, she got screwed. Boston got screwed. We all got screwed.
We Gave The Tsarnaev Family Asylum From a Region in Conflict
The picture above is “War in Chechnya. Grozny, Chechnya, 1995.”
Fleeing a war-torn region riddled with terrorism, we allowed the family into our country in a post-9/11 world. And the mother of these Boston Marathon bombers is an asshole. The uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, is a good American.
We Gave Them Education To Better Themselves
The younger brother, Dzhokhar (19), received a scholarship.
He was involved in wrestling and was pretty social.
We Fed Them When They Were Hungry And Needed Shelter
Tamerlan Tsarnaev (26), the older brother and his family got welfare until 2012 when they hit income eligibility requirements, a system that wasn’t foreign to him as his immediate family was on welfare once they immigrated over.
They Used Our Internet… The One Al Gore Didn’t Invent
Tamerlan’s Amazon Wishlist is a scary read. So was his YouTube account.
Dzhokhar had a profile on a Russian social network and Twitter.
Don’t forget Uncle Sam though. He’ll put a boot in your ass. America will come roaring back.
