Respect the law and stop playing politics with immigration

By James Jay Carafano

Published April 20, 2014 4:00am ET

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Respect the law and stop playing politics with immigration — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | Chip Somodevilla

Herman Bottcher got around. Born in Landsberg, Germany, he immigrated to Australia with his uncle. Then, in 1930, he immigrated to the United States.

Two years later he applied for “first papers,” the right to U.S. citizenship. He was going to college in California when the Spanish Civil War broke out. That changed things for Bottcher. A hardcore leftist, he joined the Lincoln Brigade to fight against the Fascists.

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