The Trouble with the 'We are a Nation of Immigrants' Argument

National Review ^ | 11/19/2015 | Charles C.W. Cooke

[Mr Ramsbotham]

We’re a nation of the descendants of immigrants. There hasn’t been an immigrant in my family for quite some time.

[rawcatslyentist]

Immigrants yes.

But this is an invasion force of a global domination group with a standing declaration of war against us !

[luvbach1]

We are a nation of descendants of legal immigrants, not illegal immigrants or any who are likely to have terrorists among them.

[onedoug]

A nation of immigrants is one thing. A nation of islamists is something else entirely.

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

for later

[Pollster1]

We are a nation descended for the most part from legal immigrants, and I welcome legal immigrants, subject to the numbers and qualifications set by our elected representatives in Congress. We have far too many criminals in our country already to welcome more criminals, especially illegals whose first act in America is to commit a crime.

[kabar]

We are not a nation of immigrants. 85% of us were born here.

If you carry this stupid expression, nation of immigrants, to its logical conclusion, "What nation is not a nation of immigrants?" Even the so-called Native-Americans came here thousands of years ago across the Siberian land bridge. They are also quote immigrants unquote.

[GnuThere]

If I hear “That’s not who we are!” one more time as a reason we can’t refuse Muslim invaders, I’m gonna puke.

[Theoria]

Sure, and liberals always say our colonist and immigrants destroyed the Indian way of life. So now more immigrants threaten ‘our’ way of life and liberals will not come to the defense of native born Americans now. Odd turn of events.

[kabar]

Immigrants vote more than two to one Dem.

[Theoria]

That is true, nice little farm system they have developed.

[CyberAnt]

Assimilation is the key. We have generations of people WHO HAVE NEVER ASSIMILATED INTO THE AMERICAN CULTURE.

Check out the maps showing all the Terrorist Training Camps .. THEY’RE ALL OVER THE USA. When are we going to check these places out .. when are we going to find out what these people are really doing.

In the early 2000’s, there was a camp in North Carolina or Virginia; or somewhere in that general area. They had built a huge fence around the place and you could not get access into that camp unless you were already living there. No strangers were allowed in. You were met at the gate with aggressive men carrying weapons.

What ever happened to that place ..??

CA has two groups, one in Northern CA and one just a few miles from me. I see them in my grocery store. They seem to be casing the place; they buy very little; they walk all over the store .. pretending to be looking for something. I keep watching them .. and recently informed the manager (who knows me) and he was very concerned.

I haven’t seen them recently, but I’m always on the lookout for them.

The key is to be aware of your surroundings. It could mean the difference in your survival.

[Ohioan]

The 19th Century immigrants who assimilated, were generally people who were drawn to the culture of the founders, because the values & customs appealed to them--indeed, that was the major reason that they came here. Since the closing of the frontier, and accelerating after the radicalization of our immigration policy in 1965, we have drawn people who came for different motivations. The traditional culture is not congenial to them.

I have tried to answer the fallacy of the Nation Of Immigrants theory. Here was the response to President Bush's promotion of that theory in 2006: Answer to President Bush on Immigration.

This is not to disparage any people on the Earth. It is to emphatically maintain--what should be obvious to any observant person. We are not interchangeable!

[glennaro]

Actually, we're a nation of citizens. No one else should matter.

[mjp]

It cannot be answered merely by appealing to general principles.

A rational free society must use general principles in order to successfully achieve its true interests. But the principles have to be true. Whether or not a principle is true depends on the context. The principle that accepting immigrants is good because it is compassionate is not true in a context of immigrants who wish to harm and destroy America.In that case it is unwise, foolish, and irrational because it will have a negative effect on the true interests of America.

[CyberAnt]

I totally agree with you. The people who came here in the early foundations of America .. did so because they WANTED TO BE AMERICANS.

However, the left has maintained a campaign of HATING AMERICA .. and therefore, everyone who has come since then has turned away from accepting becoming an American.

[kiltie65]

And America has always been a Christian, predominantly Euro based-population through at least the 1950’s. As of recent times, we have become, from recent census reports, an increasingly predominantly Hispanic/south American, and mostly Christian population. Our population ethnicities may change, but we should NEVER allow the U.S. to become predominantly non-Christian, especially non-Christian who’s theory is to kill the infidels. Wake up America.

[kiltie65]

Ooooops, “whose”.

[HiJinx]

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