Archive for October, 2007

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The American Dream: Exhibit A

October 16, 2007

How cool is this? Immigrant gardeners provide seed money for college scholarships.

For all the blather about immigration, here in a nutshell is the story of how great it is. A guy immigrates from Mexico, he starts a gardening business, saves his money and buys a house on the peninsula (I’m jealous already), and his son graduates from law school at Berkeley. He’s so grateful that he starts a scholarship foundation. This is an immigrant gardener. He’s still a gardener, and he’ll probably always be a gardener. And he has accomplished more than many people who started life will far more advantages.

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