This was never part of India. The native population was named that by a mistaken Italian captain sailing a borrowed ship full of criminals. It is not a fact.. where the native populations came from or who they replaced. It will be determined, probably, with future science. Possession, of course, is 99% of the Law.
In the meantime however, since I may be a small part Seneca.. get the h--l off MY land!! ;^)..
"Really? This nation was not populated (with the exception of the Indians) by people migrating from faraway lands?"
Why give the Indians exception? They migrated here too at some point, as did every human that now takes up residence in the western hemisphere.
As far as the "nation of immigrants" BS, as the articles says, 90% of those who live in this country were born here and were NOT immigrants. We are a nation of natural born American citizens with a few immigrant American citizens.