Unless your family is 100% native American, it did the same thing
Not so.
My paternal Great Great Grandfather arrived LEGALLY from Silesia in 1848 and VOLUNTEERED four years of his life with the 5th Wisconsin Infantry to preserve his new home and end slavery. (For which VOLUNTARY sacrifice I am still awaitng thanks from Jesse Jackson).
My maternal Grandfather arrived LEGALLY from Macedonia in 1906 (and spent his first years building railroads in the far west, when they still needed cavalry escorts as security against renegade Native Americans.)
No, there is a difference. Big difference. If they are not here legally, their offspring should not be entitled to citizenship.
I beg to differ. My mother's family arrived on a Mayflower Compact ship and my father's family emigrated legally from Alsace-Lorraine in the 1890's. My grandfather was born over 15 years later.
Be careful of generalizations. They can get you into trouble.
Bayourod, that you?
There is no 100% American native. Everyone came from somewhere else. The difference is now that there are laws and yes, we can control who comes here both morally and ethically.