Post by Paul Schmidt
Retired U.S. Immigration Judge, Member of the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges
🇺🇸🗽⚖️🎇💡JULY 4 A DAY TO CELEBRATE, REFLECT, & FIRMLY REJECT TRUIMP/MAGAISM! "Fight fiercely. Defend your convictions. Accept defeat when it comes. Celebrate victory with humility when it arrives. Never mistake your political opponent for your country. The country is the inheritance. The republic is the cause. As Americans gather over the next several days beneath fireworks and flags, they should remember that the celebration isn’t ultimately about the past. It’s about an obligation. The founders didn’t give us America. They entrusted it to us. Jefferson and Adams didn’t leave this world together to close the American story. They departed together to remind us that it had become ours to protect. That’s the question before us now. It’s the same question that has confronted every generation of Americans. Will we prove ourselves worthy of what they made possible? History is waiting for the answer."