Europeans immigrated to the US without permission of native americans so why the beef with Mexicans?

Question

Isn't it ironic that after anglos came and took all the land by force or cheating native americans - they complain about immigrants from Mexico? 200 years ago indian chiefs stood in awe of the never ending flow of euro immigrants taking over their land. Now us white guys do the same as the Mexicans mass migrate to "our" land. There's gotta be a few cheifs in heaven chuckling about our dilemma.

Hey Giovanni - where did I imply treatment of native americans by the euros was ok? I would disagree that was in my post.

Answer 1

He he just wait and watch how a lot of people are going to respond with "THAT WAS SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, WHY SHOULD IT MATTER NOW"....he he i agree 100% with what you just said...and also there isn't only Mexicans illegals in the u.s.a...there people from many countries..You said it the right way though!

Answer 2

First of all, the two phenomena are not even remotely comparable. Second of all, you're implying that what the white European immigrants did to the Native Americans was okay. As a person of Native American descent, I'm deeply offended by this sentiment, and even more so that it was invoked in opposition of immigration reform. I don't condone what the most conservative (reactionary) politicians are supporting, but I do feel that something needs to be done to control the numbers of total immigrants from a purely practical standpoint. Population growth is the bane of developing nations, so it seems logical that we wouldn't want ours to grow significantly if we can help it.

Answer 3

My beef is that Mexicans come and steal the work that I do and do it for a mere fraction and way below the the fair wages.

Answer 4

Old Anglo argument-
It wasn't me doing that. That happened a million years ago. Just get over it. My ancestors weren't involved.