[Open letter to Dr. David Glosser, Stephen Miller's virtue-signaling uncle]:

First, it is intellectually dishonest to equivocate the population of America today with the demographics of one-hundred years ago, or even earlier. I would argue America around the turn of last century was still a developing nation, and thus, greatly benefited by the influx of talented and hard working immigrants. One need only compare the size of the populations between 1900-1920 with 2018 to support my proposition. Though it is implied, I must reemphasize the qualification that immigrants from that period, generally speaking, came equipped with unrealized potential, diverse and desirable skills, a strong work-ethic and an eagerness to succeed. They also arrived, bringing forth various cultures and traditions from countries far and wide, with a desire to assimilate into greater American culture and become American citizens. Learning English was accepted as part of that transition. Today, many immigrants are not only unwilling to assimilate but proponents of blanket unrestricted immigration support and encourage their opposition to doing so. I would remind you that our motto is "from many, one" - not "from many, many."

As to chain migration. Like yours my family also benefitted from the immigration policies in place that are now being modified. My maternal grandparent's family escaped Bolshevik terror and fled from a village near Kiev, in modern Ukraine. My family also arrived at Ellis Island, roughly the same period as yours and we are also Jewish. I am not dismissive of the concerns you raised. There is, however, a major difference between the chain migration in place when my ancestors arrived with today's policies, and it is one you neglected to mention. The relative in my family who petitioned to bring others from overseas had to personally guarantee the government that everyone who arrived would be gainfully employed and if unable to work he would personally care for them financially. Nobody was permitted to immigrate if they were deemed to be a ward of the state upon their arrival. That is in direct opposition to what current policy has become. Now people qualify and are provided many social benefits, benefits I lack though I was born in America, simply as a result of having entered this country.

As to your supposition that the "chanting, torch-bearing Nazis of Charlottesville" would be less than supportive of your nephew, I would kindly point out that there exists a somewhat widely held belief that Jews are responsible for advocating policies that many people feel strip them of their heritage and culture. Your own essay only adds to the argument. Rather than addressing the concerns many of those marching expressed, namely to preserve various monuments and other symbols of their history, you arrogantly dismissed outright and condescendingly labeled with a derogatory phrase. How compassionate and understanding.

I suspect Dr. Glosser that it was easier for you to publicly throw your nephew under the bus than to defend him to the similarly closed-minded people you work and live with. It seems to me that someone as vocal as yourself in defending the rights of unknown and unnamed masses should, by definition, at least display the same compassion to your own nephew, or at a minimum, keep your feelings within the family. It is also not lost on me that you did not include one word of encouragement or praise for his accomplishments. In most families having a member rise in society and become a trusted aide and advisor to the President would be a source of pride. That you felt the need to publish your diatribe and publicly try to disavow your own flesh and blood only belies the true measure of your compassion for others, which to me, appears quite lacking.

https:// www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351