All americans look at your past what country did you ansesters come from.?

Big Brother

Duh, we are known as a country of immigrants? Are you trying to somehow justify people crossing our borders illegally and/or remaining in our country after their visas expire illegally? Wise up sir, this is 2007 not the early 1900s.

Lakota

None of this American's ancestors were immigrants.

Hawaiisweetie

My Ancestry is very easy, My fathers side is from the US, Native American, my mothers side I am Danish and Armenian. My Great grandfather was killed in the Armenian Genocide of 1913. I am not that much of an immigrant as much as a political refuge, and I am proud to be an Immigrant, but my family also came over legally, with permission and became citizens as soon as they could.

Yes, all people, except for the Native Americans, are as a result of immigration. The only other is African Americans who were forced here; they did not freely immigrate here. My ancestors are German and Sweden. My great grandparents on the German side, and my grandparents on the Swedish side.

justanobservation-notajudgement

guess so, my family is originally french and indian

spareo1

Too bad all the answers to this question won't solve the security problem on the border. Gee all the dope and 1200 terorist groups in US - what more does open borders have to offer - oh how could I forget, the threat on Social Security. What a deal and some of US complain.

mckenziecalhoun

Yes. Isn't it wonderful! And we have new ones coming in legally from every country in the world!
I love it.
Isn't it a shame that people everyday, from every part of the world, that DON'T want to be checked for communicable diseases, DON'T want to be checked for former felonies, DON'T want to be checked to see if they have ANY skills capable of using in the workplace, DON'T want to be checked to see if they are active enemies of the United States trying to undermine or destroy it...
...try to enter our country illegally.

I'm so glad you are here legally. Help us kick out those who left you standing in line for the best country in the world just so they could avoid paying taxes and abuse our system.

They shame the honest immigrants who were my ancestors and yours.

Oh, I'm both. European ancestry and First American.

Sunny louise

There's a huge difference between now and back when the early ancestors came over by boat and not snuck thru the fences and desert sands illegally. Now all who come here have broken the law. Our ancestors who came here in the early 1900's and prior to came here the legal way. They didn't bring a lot of crime and drugs with them. They started working and making this country what it is today.

loretta

my ancestors on my moms side came here in 1620. i have a little native American in me. i am not an immigrant. i was born here like my parents and their parents and so on. i am a united states of American born citizen. not an immigrant.

F1isTHEbest

yes, they are immigrants. The difference is, they came LEGALLY. They didnt sneak in through the desert. They filed for citizenship, got jobs and paid taxes. The immigrants today sneak in when its dark, get jobs where they dont have to pay taxes, and send their money back to mexico. Then they expect us to give them free healthcare, schooling for their children, and eventually citizenship. NO WAY! I would say send them all back, but why waste the gas. They should have to walk. Either way, they need to leave

abadon imposer

judging by the spelling in the question, ansestors instead of ancestors, i would suggest that at least you didnt come from a very educated country. i wont mention names,

Sage's Enigma

Yes all Americans' ancestors were immigrants, excluding native Americans if you don't take into account that even their ancestors immigrated to the Americas by the Bering strait.Furthermore, illegal immigration has happened all throughout the history of the United States just not in the current amounts. Also, many colonist when they came to the colonies ended up becoming squatter. Squatting is the act of occupying an unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use; basically being on the land ILLEGALLY. Squatters were a fundamental part of the foundation of the U.S. , they explored the frontier.
Also,

tyson

so what should we do? pack up and head back "where we came from"? and once again you're missing the point..... my ancestors didn't sneak in over a border and collect welfare and undercut the economy.

InTheWright

Yes, and most of them came legally, unlike the law-breakers of today.

my ancestors came from prussia but when they got here they did not get a house and health care given to them by my tax dollars!

cain c

wow, what an incriminating question. the answer is - yes most people here migrated from somwhere. but they didn't swim for it like illegal mexican immigrants. in fact the whole political discussion on this subject is a sick joke. the 1st thing they do is break the laws of our beautiful country. and were discussing if thats alright? is it ok if i steal your watch or should i go to jail? of course i should go to jail because its against the law. just like illegal alians. duh thats why there called illegal.

constance m

There is a pivotal point here that you are forgetting. We fought a war with Mexico in 1842, and guess what...We won. We, the Americans did not want to be apart of Mexico. We did not want to speak Spanish.

My ancestor, John Montfort came here in 1622. My mother's great grandmother was an American Indian. This country is the property of 4 groups...Anglos, Blacks, American Indians and legal immigrants who speak English. End of story.

Mr Smithers

It's so naive when people say this. Are you advocating going back 100 years to the time of Jim Crow? No unionized work? Non-existant child labor laws? Our ancestors came here legally, and that is the big difference. They followed the letter of the law, worked long, hard hours at back-breaking jobs (no eight hour day jobs then and no minimum wage). They adopted the culture, learned English, placed an importance on family values and education and they assimilated into mainstream society. It's amazing to me how everybody loves to bash this country while so many are willing to risk everything to come here - sometimes even those who trash our country. While probably few people are really against legal immigration, no one wants someone just hopping over their fence, coming into their yard and taking the things they worked hard for.

anntanner

AMEN AMEN!!!!!!!!!I couldn't agree any more I am a 4th or 5th maybe even 6th generation Irish potato picker.On other side of family my great grandpa was an illegal from Denmark.He did good for this country worked paid taxes and adopted a child from an orphanage.Yes that was a while back before everyone started thinking that no this was not the melting pot of the world.

Bill Mc

Why do so many people, have a hard time understanding..
Legal means Legal....to follow the law.
illegal means illegal....to NOT follow the law.

Because King Bush, doesn't follow the law.
That doesn't make it right.
Obviously kings, can break the law.

I'll try it again...
illegal immigrant, is one who broke the law.

Biggin'

My ancestors came from Germany and Ireland, and some of them were already here because they were the first "Americans". But I was born in this country. I am not an immigrant no matter what any one says... I go to work every day, I pay my taxes, I follow the laws set forth by this so called government. I do this country no harm or foul. I AM AN AMERICAN!!!!!! Deal with it.

princess froggie

My thought's exact. There are so many people talking crap about immigration, not realizing they are somehow immigrants themselves. Let's take a moment and think about this everyone!

Hello

Under that theory, the only people who aren't immigrants are the Africans that are still in Africa.

watching-OK

That was almost a good point, except, they were not illegal!!! It is almost impossible for an overseas immigrant to come in illegally. It is of course not impossible. Its not like the swam across the ocean to sneak in. Get a clue!!

God's warrior

My parents came from Brazil which they came legally obtaining a green card and being law biding citizens and later becoming American citizens .

in other words if you came to this country ILLEGALLY i think you need to get a green card the Legal way ...

and stop trying to make some of us who are AMERICANS or some immigrants who are LEGAL look like you who has been breaking OUR laws ...

In Mexico if Americans went there illegally Americans will be put in Prison for crossing the borders nothing for free , so why should you guys get it for free ?

im_with_depp

Yes it would. That's part of the reason why I don't make a huge deal out of immigrants.

allen w

Your right, all U.S. citizens are immigrants form somewhere, including the American Indian which came from Asia.
But if you look at most citizens in the U.S. they been here for couple hundred years and kinda think that by then we are just Americans.
The squash here now is not immigration, but illegal immigration.

roundman84

At least if my great grand parents immigrated here from Europe they legaly went through imigration to become a US citizen. They did not smuggle across the border. They did not use stolen Social Security numbers to try to blend in. And most of all they spoke a foreign language but they quickly learned English to live in the United states. English is very common in Europe. They were able to learn English. Mexicans can too if they want to live in the US and get better jobs.

Ruthinia

No, it only makes the ones who came over immigrants. All my great grandparents came over from Europe so only they are immigrants. My grandparents, parents and myself were born here, so we're not immigrants.

rlkeebler

I have followed my family tree all the way back to 1710. That is the earliest my family name shows up in this country that I am aware of. True we are all immigrants at one time. However that was then and this is now. The world is a much different place and the way people make a living and survive has changed drastically. The only problem I have with illegal immigrants is how they are effecting the average working wage. At the rate the average wage is decreasing most Americans will be under the poverty level in just a few short years.
That is all the Bush administration wants. He doesn't care about the Mexican Immigrants. He only cares about saving big businesses a lot of money on labor.
And that is my only real gripe about illegal immigrants.

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