The Original Illegal Immigrants

In 1620, 102 people decided to leave their home land and travel to a new life in hopes of making things better for their descendants. They arrived in a new land as unwelcomed guests, and could not speak the language. They made little effort to learn the native language, but had no qualms about taking precious resources away from those who were there first. These unwelcomed guests continued to take more land, and soon all the original people were either killed or shuffled off into reservations.

In 2007, many people decided to leave their home land and travel to a new life in hopes of making things better for their descendants. They arrived in a new land as unwelcomed guests, and could not speak the language. A few tried hard to learn the native language, some made no effort; all took precious resources away from those who were there first. Who knows how the story will continue.

Whats the difference between these people? The original illegal immigrants are now hailed as heroes, while the modern illegal immigrants are ridiculed. Both came into a new land in search of a better life, unable to speak the language but in need of resources. Several groups want to build a giant fence to keep any more illegal immigrants from coming in, and want to ship all of the current illegal immigrants back to where they came from.

If you want to get rid of the illegal immigrants, start packing. With this mind set, unless you are a native american or descendant, you have no more right to this land than the modern illegal immigrants. Just because we've been here for 400 years, does this give us a right to dictate how someone else's land is to be used? Will Mexican families have to be established for 400 years in order to get proper respect as human beings?

America is a country founded by racists, and continues to be built upon a foundation of racism. The hottest topics continue to be between blacks and whites, but the most potent racism right now is against hispanics.