What are you going to do about the Indians?

Posted by ShelbyHWilliams@reddit | plano | View on Reddit | 86 comments

I’ve been disturbed by an increasing number of people around Plano, Frisco, and Allen demanding to know, “What are you going to do about all the Indians?”

Our Indian friends follow the same call of freedom and opportunity as people from all over the world. It’s the same call that keeps native-born Americans here.

Setting aside questions about H1-B visas, which should be addressed to Members of Congress, Liberty is for everyone. America’s Founding Fathers fought a War of Independence 250 years ago this year for freedom above all else.

We should embrace all who come here legally, seeking the freedom and opportunity America offers. To do any less is to dishonor our Founders and the sacrifice of all who fought and died to make this country what it is.

More than that, the original promise of America, before there was even an America, was the freedom to worship according to the dictates of your conscience. I’m Christian, and I’ll defend that right to the death for my Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, and all other brothers and sisters. We are brothers and sisters because we are all children of God first, and everything else second.

So I’ll tell you what I’m going to do about the Indians: I’m going to welcome them with open arms, and share my deep love of America, grounded in Truth, Justice, and Liberty, and I’m going to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and of Texas, as I took an oath to do.

-Shelby