Nick Molden
10/24 ENGG

Immigration

As much as our country is hailed as the "melting pot" nation of the world, the United States seems to have a big problem when it comes to immigration. The ironic factor here is that the white people running our country are immigrants themselves. Europeans emigrated across the Atlantic in large numbers during the 1600's to find a land promising freedom of worship and free destiny. It was a promise of no more discrimination for the Puritans, who were heavily persecuted in Europe. Upon landing, the Puritans managed to pass on the torch of persecution to the Native Americans. They managed to almost wipe out the Indian people in a span of 200 years. For a people teaching religious acceptance, they were not very accepting of any other non-white culture. The is how the United States came to be. The founders of our current society were racists and were hypocritical of their own values. They escaped Europe because of war, poverty, famine,......

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Title: Immigration
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