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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
Just to play devil's advocate here: Did the colonists assimilate themselves into the Native American cultures?
Either way, while I am all for the tightening of immigration laws and I actually am for making English the official language (we're one of the only nations without an official language), I can't help but look at this letter and think this is another one of those "forward this email to as many people as you can and Bill Gates will pay you $5 for every Mexican that returns to Mexico."
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Yeah, but the colonists pretty much came over as invaders, not immigrants.
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Anyway, this got me thinking about something.. I know many immigrants around the turn of the century were persecuted and hated by Americans and were pretty much forced into living in their own enclaves. Immigrants were treated as sub-human, and I suppose they turned to each other for support and protection (and many turned to crime).
But it seems to me today that that is no longer the case. I, for one, don't care if people move to the US; I think that it's great that they want to move here, so long as they do it LEGALLY. That said, I am not sure why many immigrants choose to segregate themselves, because I don't think immigrants are hated today as they were in in the 18/1900's. I suppose maybe they just want to be near people like them (who doesn't?). Honestly, I don't really know anything, except that immigration is a sticky subject and I am glad that I am not responsible for dealing with it.
I do think that the immigration laws need a major overhaul though, and I also think that there should be a national language. It's easier and probably cheaper.