Wretched Refuse Of Your Teeming Shore, Indeed

The Inquirer’s long profile of longshot Republican mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger contained an interesting tidbit about his family’s past:

Alfred Sr., who came to America in 1930, was detained in 1941 for almost 18 months at Army bases in New Jersey, Maryland, Texas and North Dakota.

Taubenberger made the discovery while applying for visas for a family trip to Germany. His father hadn’t told him “because he never wanted me to have a bad feeling about this country, which he loved so much.”

He loved this nation that locked him up without cause for 1 1/2 years. God bless America!

Uphill climb for Taubenberger [Inquirer]