The assumptions are that all illegal immigrants are criminals. At least that is what the language used implies and therefore becomes the premise to justify oppression ....because that's what it basically is.
When the founding Fathers left Europe because of the oppressions experienced (perpetrated by the religious) and arrived in the America's, weren't they also illegal immigrants?
They weren't invited and just took it upon themselves to move in on someone else's territory. Did that make them criminals?.....or was it they became criminals when the local folk tried to 'deport' them? How does this work? or is it more like 'do as I say, not do as I do?
Being illegal in itself is a criminal offense. Just because I break into your house and don't steal anything doesn't mean I won't be arrested for breaking and entering and tresspassing. The act of illegal entry is in itself criminal, period.
Now when the founding fathers left Europe and came to America I don't believe there were any laws of the land that they were breaking.
Which tribe passed a law saying no one is allowed to enter? There were no laws in the land at that time. Not until there was a Constitution created for the territories which were conquered not stolen. We baught Louisiana from the French, we went to battle with Mexico for the west. Canada chose at that time to stay loyal to the crown but they had an option to join the newly forming country.
What was the name of the country before it was called America? Who owned it? You could say the natives of the land owned it, but they were battling and at war with their own nations. Was it the Cherokee, the Navajo, Choctaw, Sioux ?
And when God sent the Hebrews out of Egypt to the promised land did they have to conquer that land from the people that resided there?
Would you consider Israel criminals because God sent them to inhabit the land?
And one could ask, where did the native Americans come from to begin with and did they replace people when they got here?
The
history of Native Americans in the United States began tens of thousands of years ago with the
settlement of the Americas by the
Paleo-Indians.
The Eurasian migration to the Americas occurred over millennia via
Beringia, a land bridge between
Siberia and
Alaska, as early humans spread southward and eastward, forming distinct cultures and societies.
en.wikipedia.org
Sometimes you have to wonder.... do all roads lead to Rome?
But once the Declaration of Independence had been signed and the Constitution of the US written, laws and boundaries were placed on the land. And we declared ourselves one nation. United we stand.
All countries have borders and laws. And if you break them you have to pay the penalty.
I don't understand what is so hard to understand about the word "Illegal" .
The United States wasn't stolen it was conquered from the Eurasian migration which conquered it prior to.
We conquered it from ourselves. Isn't that ironic?
Continental landmass comprising Europe and Asia
Eurasia is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity, but
their borders have historically been subject to change.
Wikipedia
But now we have borders and we will defend them from others who would wish to conquer and overcome us.
It's called... wait for it..... self-defence.
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