2007-02-01 19:55:33 · 19 answers · asked by QUE PASA?? 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
MONREDA if you are native american you must be from the nappyhoe tribe.
2007-02-01 20:00:57 · update #1
One of the truest questions I've ever seen posted on here. YES.
2007-02-01 19:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by veryitchycrack v 2 · 3⤊ 8⤋
Law of conquest, or legal point of controversy? In point of fact, based on anthropological studies, no one is truly a "legal" immigrant if one wants to take the issue far enough. While the Native Americans were here the longest, who said that they could come here anyway? So the Europeans moved in and took over the land and made it their own. Does that make them conquerors and legal land owners any less than tribes that just wandered in? I seriously doubt that this question will ever be resolved, so it really is pointless discussion. I do, however feel that treaties made should be kept as written and the government has not done a good job of that.
2007-02-01 20:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The illegal immigrants came and did not assimilate. They did not adopt the language or the customs . Eventually they became a majority and herded the natives onto reservations. Moral of the story? Native Americans failed to secure their borders. Lets not repeat their mistakes. Secure the border
2015-09-26 13:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No we are not all Illegal immigrants here just the ones that dont have documentation.And all though it wasn't right what happened to the inhabitants that were here before the US government was established can you tell me of one nation in this world including the tribes of the "Native Americans" that didn't kill and create injustice to obtain their land? I dont think so
2007-02-01 21:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN D 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yawn. We got our land the same way Mexico got its land. THEN we built the schools and infrastructure and society that distinguishes life north of the Rio Grande from life south of the Rio Grande.
The country that people are running TO is the United States, which belongs and has always belonged to United States citizens, including Native American United States Citizens.
2007-02-02 01:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by DAR 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
this entire question is intellectually dishonest.
The person asking it knows full well that the definition of "illegal alien" involves breaking the laws of the federal government regarding immigration at the time the immigrant comes to this country.
Since the "native" (a term that must be used loosely since they immigrated here too) tribes had no federal government it was impossible for someone to come illegally.
The era of colonization was not the era we live in, just like every other era that has come and gone. We're not in the industrial revolution anymore either.
Ask an honest question, you'll get a lot of honest answers.
2007-02-01 20:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Malikail 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋
Native American is a misnomer. Those who lived here were nomads which means they wandered with no fixed residence, so even they were immigrants. Your name implies spanish heritage, not Incan which actually built cities and was replaced by your culture. Shouldn't you be fighting for their freedom from your oppression rather than worrying about the lands to your north?
2007-02-01 20:09:14 · answer #7 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Many of my ancestors were Native American. I also have German, Irish, Scottish, and English ancestors. If our ancestors came to America legally, than no we are not illegal immigrants.
2007-02-01 20:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by sheilanoel23 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Congress is changing the law where as if you are born here ,that does not automatically make you a citizen if one of the parents is an illegal. Makes perfect sense to me. This way you do not have to break up a family,this way everyone in the family gets deported because they snuck into this country illegally.
Doesn't anyone know what the word illegal is anymore ?
2007-02-01 20:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Some immigrants came here legally according to the laws of the time. Illegal immigrants in this day and age refer to people who come to this country without following procedure to be here.
2007-02-01 19:59:47 · answer #10 · answered by Rick R 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No. The indigenous population were here before there were American laws so obviously immigrants could not violate any immigration policy because there wasn't one.
2007-02-02 09:31:15 · answer #11 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋