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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Only around 2% of American citizens are Native American, of Native American ancestry. The other 98% are either immigrants, or descended of immigrants. There are around 328 million American citizens, total. That means over 280 million people living in this country are either immigrants, or descendants of immigrants. If immigrants living in the USA is really offensive to you, then be the change.
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I did not know that the numbers for immigration were so high. I did not realize the number of Native Americans was so low. I am a descendant of immigrants, yet I am allowed to be here. My nephew married a woman who came here legally from somewhere down in Mexico or Central America. She and her sisters and brothers all have jobs here in the states and raise their children well. She has just discovered that her green card is no longer valid. What to do? Should she take her 7 yo son, who is an American citizen back to Mexico, leaving her husband and family. In speaking with a lawyer she was told Mexico would not let her come back.
When we talk to her she tells us of the horrible conditions the people live through and are trying to get out of. People do not walk as far as some have walked unless there is something horrible from which they are escaping. I consider myself extremely lucky to live in a land which affords us such a wonderful life. We took it away from the Indians and got away from it.
I do not know what the answer is but it seems that we as such a privileged land needs to help alleviate some of the horrible conditions that force people to emigrate from their countries. I don't believe that God, who died for all of our souls, accepts that we just look the other way.
