The Irony of Anti-Immigration Sentiments in a Land Built on Immigration
Immigration has always been a hot topic, but there’s a deep irony in the way some people vehemently oppose it—especially in a country that was built on migration, displacement, and colonization. The phrase “Go back to where you came from” holds little weight when you consider that, unless you're Indigenous, your ancestors came from somewhere else too. A Land That Was Never Empty Before European settlers arrived, millions of Indigenous people thrived across North America with their own cultures, governments, and societies. Colonization didn’t just bring new people; it led to mass displacement, violence, and systemic erasure of Native populations. Yet, centuries later, some descendants of those very settlers claim ownership of the land and argue against immigration as if they were the first ones here. The Hypocrisy of Borders Borders, as we know them today, didn’t always exist. People moved freely across lands, long before lines were drawn on maps. The U.S. itself has a long h...