The phrase "We are a nation of immigrants" bugs me. I don't know what the percentage of LEGAL immigrants is in this country, but it is certainly not an overwhelming number in comparison to those of us who were born here.
I was born here. On one side my great-great-great-great grandfather was an immigrant and my great-great grandfather was an immigrant. On my mothers side both sets of great grandparents were the immigrants (as children).
We are a nation of NATIVES.
You are correct. At some point, everywhere was "a nation of immigrants". I do not know the percentages either, but with 300,000,000 or so people the percentage of natives must be pretty high.
re: The phrase "We are a nation of immigrants" bugs me.
Totally agree. It's like Black people in 2006 saying "We are a nation of slavery". What happened in the past has passed. We need to learn from history. But history has little benefit beyond that.
Same here. Reminds of Rome's demise. Immigration obviously wasn't a good thing for them in the end. A bloated, nightmarish management problem.