Is this a counyry of immigrants or is this a farce?

Question

native americans are not immigrants and african americans were abducted and held hostage.

Answer 1

It is a farce

Answer 2

Your lead question looked like the start of a decent debatable issue, but your followup regarding Native Americans and African slaves took it WAY off course...  Your context for the lead question seems unassociated. It's hard to know exactly what you are you asking?

There are immigrants from numerous countries all over the world who came to America when it was a new and burgioning country. They "checked in" and made the effort to assimilate and BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS. In today's global climate, and with the state of the union as it currently stands, yes, it is STILL a country of immigrants, however it's not quite as easy to "check in" for several reasons, among which is the fact that there are no longer countless square miles of undeveloped land for farmers to stake claims on. Back in the early 1900's boatloads of people came to become Americans and "live the dream". Today, they swim across the river under the cover of night and don't let the government even know they are here, much less become Americans! They want to remain citizens of their native countries, bring the problems of their native countries here rather than leave them behind, defeating the whole point of coming here in the first place and robbing Americans of the American Way as we are forced to endure such mentalities now in our own daily lives, and then fly the flags of their native countries on OUR soil, proclaiming pride in their heritage! This, to me, is simply ASSININE! If your home country is good enough to fly its flag on American soil, then it's good enough for you to have stayed the h**l THERE! If it's ways are good enough to bring to America and force upon American citizens, then those same ways were no reason to leave your home country in the first place. People need to either accept their own country and stay there, or accept what America IS and always HAS BEEN and come here LEGALLY through our governments immigration programs, follow our laws, and ASSIMILATE to US, not across a shallow river in the dead of night to hide from our government within its borders and proclaim pride in the countries they fled from in the first place when the police and immigration agents are not looking and continue the patterns of behaivior that "ruin" the places they came from and for which they claim to have left!

I blame our own government in a large way for catering to these people who come here outside the propper channels and then fail to prosicute them for breaking our laws simply under the claim that they can't understand our laws or the system they are being tried under and that it would be "unfair" to them. This is a liberal mentaility that allows a working system to be broken down and destroyed.

Answer 3

It was built by legal immigrants, laws were developed, now we are being over run with illegal invaders who have no regards to the laws that have been put forth!!!!

Report and Deport!!!

Answer 4

It is a country of immigrants yes, but the main period of immigration ended before 1950.

Today we are a country made up of mostly US born citizens.

There are no immigrants in my family going back to 1750.

Answer 5

no people from all over immigrated to the U.S, for example people from Europe and such.

Answer 6

African americans weren't abducted, they were sold as slaves by their own people.  We are a country of American citizens and LEGAL immigrants...those that aren't here LEGALLY should be deported.

Answer 7

It used to be.  Of immigrants that is.  Now we are being overrun by criminals. Every person who entered this country illegally is a criminal because they committed a crime the second they crossed our borders.  Native Americans and African Americans came from Africa just like everybody else.  The later against their will but legally non-the-less as it was legal at the time have and transport slaves into this country.  Do research on Mitochondrial DNA and you will find that we all came from Africa.  Which makes me wonder- Why aren't we all just "Americans" now?  Regardless of skin color?

Answer 8

Today sadly it's a country of self-righteous immigrants who have endless debates on who came here first and who is more American, or by how many generations, and who has more claim on the country. You can see that in various immigration posts. Anyone who missed out on the immigration wave of the First and Second World Wars, is shunned by the true "Americans" whatever that means.

Answer 9

If you asked the American Indian, he'd say "yes" As the white man invaded America and took away the Indians lands and slaughtered them, the White man also brought slavery to America.But the one thing you have to remember all white and Africans are immigrants. But that's all in the past and America should look to the future and start to accept the fact that at the end of the day, you are all foreigners living in a foreign land that if anything belongs to the America Red Indian.

Answer 10

what?????

Answer 11

"Native Americans" WERE immigrants. There are no indigenous peoples anywhere in any part of the Americas from northernmost Alaska and Canada to the tip of South America.

"African Americans" were abducted and sold by their own "continentmen" to various countries hundreds of years ago....long before any of us were born.....

And your point is???

Answer 12

America at least since the 1800's has had an immigration policy, our Pilgrim fathers alone with a few unwanted criminals were sent forth to multiply in your vast country,

some 200 years later we are of a mind to repeat this operation as a sign of good will,

so next month please expect 77 replicas of the Cuttysark

and HMS Victory to arrive at your eastern sea ports,

they will be loaded with all our criminals and crewed by the Labour party, the our, now your European MP's, the Liberals and their manage-re of human rights brigade, the political correct party, red Ken, and the overspill of forieng footballers that are keeping real English players from the premier league,

we hope you will embrace this offering and accept it as a gift, no lease/loan ball breaking national debt,with your usual poise and self restraint.  HAVE A NICE DAY NOW,

Answer 13

No this is NOT  a country of immigrants.  Not in 2008 and not any longer.  You are talking history my friend.  Look at the data as it exists today.

There are 300 million + current US citizens in the USA.  The extreme vast majority were born here.  No one was abducted or held hostage to become a US Citizen.