Illegal Immigration

Back in the early 1600's a ragtag group of illegal immigrants arrived up in the Northeast. They were pretty sad. Some of the local Algonquians felt sorry for them. The poor people did not know how to hunt or fish, they didn't know how to plant and grow corn, squash, or beans, they didn't even know how to speak Algonquin. They were pretty pitiful. They looked pretty harmless.

Some of the Algonquians decided to help them. They gave them badly needed food. They showed them how to hunt and fish. They taught them how to grow corn, squash, and beans. They even taught them a few words of Algonquin, like skunk, squaw, and succotash. They said they could stay there, even though they had no right to do so. Sort of an Amnesty.

Well, this ragtag group of illegal immigrants worked hard and prospered. They were joined by friends. And more friends. The Algonquians said, enough. You can stay, but no more. These immigrants however continued to assist and encourage more of their kind to illegally enter the country. They protected them and helped them get on their feet in the new land. And they began to push the Algonquians back. It wasn't necessarily out of evil intent. There were just so many of them, they needed room.

But it came to intent. The Algonquians, unable to stop the illegal immigration with talk felt compelled to resist more strongly. The expanding illegal immigrants themselves felt the need to press forward more strongly. Both sides felt threatened. It came down to violence.

To make a long story short, the illegal immigrants overwhelmed the Algonquians. They did not adopt Algonquin culture. They did not learn to speak Algonquin. They did not respect Algonquin Laws or government. They pushed all of this aside. What few Algonquians survived were compelled to adopt the ways and language of the illegal immigrants. And generally they were impoverished.

The Algonquians lost their land to the illegal immigrants. They lost their homes. They lost their government and their laws. They lost their culture. They lost their language. A great many lost their lives. They and their ways were eliminated.

It had happened before, it happened again, and it will happen again.