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nichomachus

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4. The first "illegal immigrants"

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 02:13 PM

Jan 2015

were the Pilgrims. They had a warrant to go to Virginia, but not Massachusetts. They went off course and stayed in MA anyway. But first, they landed at Provincetown on Cape Cod. They never met the Indians there, but they found the Indians' stash of winter corn. So they stole it, and then moved on to Plymouth.

We celebrate those two illegal acts every year.

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Illegal immigrants and land stealing [View all] packman Jan 2015 OP

I have always felt we have to compensate the indigenous people of this country for the Cleita Jan 2015 #1

Then we would have to compensate two entirely TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #2

we have been paying compensation for years hfojvt Jan 2015 #7

Some of the land, at least, was purchased as opposed to being "stolen". Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #3

The first "illegal immigrants" nichomachus Jan 2015 #4

At that time, did the natives have established immigration laws? Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #5

No, the king did nichomachus Jan 2015 #9

Terrible truth. hunter Jan 2015 #6

Very true about the Mexican immigrants who are largely indigenous people. Cleita Jan 2015 #8