[ableChair]

"Besides when you're talking about Mexico ---it's in the Americas."

In my travels I've heard this complaint a lot. First, it is simply a nuance of the English language, not racism or nationalism. There is no way in English to express U.S. nationality as an adjective. Think 'United Statesian' [incorrect]. It is just an unfortunate fluke of the language. The only way to distinguish what someone is talking about is by context, something the English language makes heavy use of and that consequently confuses a lot of people who don't really understand the grammar very well.

[FITZ]

First, it is simply a nuance of the English language, not racism or nationalism. There is no way in English to express U.S. nationality as an adjective.

I know that's the problem with the word "America". I meant Mexico is part of the Americas because it was also part of this same New World land mass that is rich in resources and people from Europe came and settled it. Mexicans have their own part of the New World, just as US Americans and Canadians do.

There are some types of people from Mexico who are more suited to the American culture and way of life, who have learned English and have skills we need here but when it's massive migration of millions of people, it's because their part of the New World was destroyed by their culture and they believe they don't have to fix that but can just move in and take the wealth others created ---and still keep that culture.