Today we mark the beginning of widespread unwelcome immigration into the New World. The Vikings discovered the North American continent five hundred years before Columbus made it's whereabouts widely known, but they were completely unimpressed, turned around, and went home without so much a peep to the rest of Europe. The Spanish certainly made widespread inroads into the Americas, but their goal was more to rape and pillage rather than to come and live. It was the English who really began the movement towards immigrating and making a new home for themselves. They were not any more welcome than immigrants are today, and yet, as is human nature it appears, we have learned nothing from the experience.
Today we have an administration that captures, jails, and tortures people who cross our Southern border illegally. Ironically, these immigrants have far more native American blood coursing in their veins than the average US citizen. That matters not to those in power, and the very worst treatment is inflicted on them, criminal, inhumane, and unspeakable treatment. I can only hope that November will bring an end to this. Please vote.
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