I'm
getting incredibly tired of hearing people say “but the United
States is a nation of immigrants” or my personal favorite -
“Everyone who isn't a Native American immigrated here illegally, so
what makes us any different?” To quote a famous fictional Colonel,
“HORSE HOCKEY!!!”
The “everyone not Native American” statement is so laughably easy to destroy that it's hardly worth the time, but I will, just get it out of the way. You can't be an “illegal immigrant” when there were no laws governing immigration at the time. And yes, it really is that simple.
The U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” isn't much harder. Eighty-five percent of the residents currently in the United States were born here. If you were born in this country, the simple fact of the matter is you are not an immigrant. Even if your parents arrived here 2 minutes (legally, I hope) before your birth, you're a natural-born American. That means you're NOT an immigrant; you're descended from immigrants. Do you get the difference, liberals, or do I need to break out the crayons and construction paper? And no, you can NOT eat the crayons, Barry.
A little while ago, I posted about multiculturalism being a significant factor in the death of this nation. Turns out, the Founders would've agreed with me. Here's just a small sampling of their thoughts on immigration and assimilation:
George Washington, in a letter to John Adams, stated that immigrants should be absorbed into American life so that “by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws: in a word soon become one people.”
In a 1790 speech to Congress on the naturalization of immigrants, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.”
Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1802: “The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.”
Hamilton further warned that “The United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners into their national mass; by promoting in different classes different predilections in favor of particular foreign nations, and antipathies against others, it has served very much to divide the community and to distract our councils. It has been often likely to compromise the interests of our own country in favor of another. The permanent effect of such a policy will be, that in times of great public danger there will be always a numerous body of men, of whom there may be just grounds of distrust; the suspicion alone will weaken the strength of the nation, but their force may be actually employed in assisting an invader.”
The survival of the American republic, Hamilton maintained, depends upon “the preservation of a national spirit and a national character.” “To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian [Trojan] horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.”
Liberals love to claim that conservatives are anti-immigrant (which, of course, means we're racist). Try telling Ted Cruz's father, a conservative and an immigrant, that he's “anti-immigrant.” We're not against immigration; we're against criminals (and let's be clear – that's exactly what they are) crossing our borders and being *rewarded* for doing so. We want immigrants to come here legally; we want the federal government to enforce the laws are already on the books; and we want a damn fence so we can avoid all of this in the future.
Michelle Malkin may have said it best: Many of us still have faith in a strong, sovereign America – the unhyphenated, the law-abiding, the gratitude-filled sons and daughters and grandchildren of legal immigrants for whom such distinctions still matter. But it’s no thanks to the assimilation saboteurs who put “one world” over “one nation under God.”
The “everyone not Native American” statement is so laughably easy to destroy that it's hardly worth the time, but I will, just get it out of the way. You can't be an “illegal immigrant” when there were no laws governing immigration at the time. And yes, it really is that simple.
The U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” isn't much harder. Eighty-five percent of the residents currently in the United States were born here. If you were born in this country, the simple fact of the matter is you are not an immigrant. Even if your parents arrived here 2 minutes (legally, I hope) before your birth, you're a natural-born American. That means you're NOT an immigrant; you're descended from immigrants. Do you get the difference, liberals, or do I need to break out the crayons and construction paper? And no, you can NOT eat the crayons, Barry.
A little while ago, I posted about multiculturalism being a significant factor in the death of this nation. Turns out, the Founders would've agreed with me. Here's just a small sampling of their thoughts on immigration and assimilation:
George Washington, in a letter to John Adams, stated that immigrants should be absorbed into American life so that “by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws: in a word soon become one people.”
In a 1790 speech to Congress on the naturalization of immigrants, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.”
Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1802: “The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.”
Hamilton further warned that “The United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners into their national mass; by promoting in different classes different predilections in favor of particular foreign nations, and antipathies against others, it has served very much to divide the community and to distract our councils. It has been often likely to compromise the interests of our own country in favor of another. The permanent effect of such a policy will be, that in times of great public danger there will be always a numerous body of men, of whom there may be just grounds of distrust; the suspicion alone will weaken the strength of the nation, but their force may be actually employed in assisting an invader.”
The survival of the American republic, Hamilton maintained, depends upon “the preservation of a national spirit and a national character.” “To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian [Trojan] horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.”
Liberals love to claim that conservatives are anti-immigrant (which, of course, means we're racist). Try telling Ted Cruz's father, a conservative and an immigrant, that he's “anti-immigrant.” We're not against immigration; we're against criminals (and let's be clear – that's exactly what they are) crossing our borders and being *rewarded* for doing so. We want immigrants to come here legally; we want the federal government to enforce the laws are already on the books; and we want a damn fence so we can avoid all of this in the future.
Michelle Malkin may have said it best: Many of us still have faith in a strong, sovereign America – the unhyphenated, the law-abiding, the gratitude-filled sons and daughters and grandchildren of legal immigrants for whom such distinctions still matter. But it’s no thanks to the assimilation saboteurs who put “one world” over “one nation under God.”
All that
having been said – isn't it funny how much you can learn regarding
what the Founders' vision for this nation really was just by
reading their own words? It's
called history, liberals. You might just try learning from it for
once instead of trying to repeat it. ~ Hunter
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