Kevin

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America wants our land, our resources, our water. our country. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us.

America wants our land, our resources, our water. our country. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us.

No, you know, and some of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was probably the first to write about immigration. He does this in 1751 in his observations. His real concern was that he had tried to form, this was an extra legal militia. It was a military association because the Pennsylvania Quakers in the assembly wouldn't raise money for defense.

No, you know, and some of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was probably the first to write about immigration. He does this in 1751 in his observations. His real concern was that he had tried to form, this was an extra legal militia. It was a military association because the Pennsylvania Quakers in the assembly wouldn't raise money for defense.

And so he appeals to all of these different ethnicities in Pennsylvania to unite for the defense of life, liberty, and property. It was a veritable social contract.

And so he appeals to all of these different ethnicities in Pennsylvania to unite for the defense of life, liberty, and property. It was a veritable social contract.

It was extra legal, and the idea was that they would protect themselves, all these different groups, the middling artisans of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, against threats from the French and pirates in the Delaware as well as on the frontier.

It was extra legal, and the idea was that they would protect themselves, all these different groups, the middling artisans of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, against threats from the French and pirates in the Delaware as well as on the frontier.

And what he saw was, is that many of those, the Germans who had come over, they'd migrated en masse to the colonies, had not participated in this effort, even though he tried to woo them into it. And so in 1751, he'd made this effort in 1747. In 1751, he starts railing against the German immigrants. And he says, why are we bringing in all of these German migrants?

And what he saw was, is that many of those, the Germans who had come over, they'd migrated en masse to the colonies, had not participated in this effort, even though he tried to woo them into it. And so in 1751, he'd made this effort in 1747. In 1751, he starts railing against the German immigrants. And he says, why are we bringing in all of these German migrants?

He says, rather, what's going to happen? They don't learn our language. They don't have our habits. They don't appreciate our laws. and that instead of anglifying them, they're going to Germanize us. And so he stresses this idea of assimilation.

He says, rather, what's going to happen? They don't learn our language. They don't have our habits. They don't appreciate our laws. and that instead of anglifying them, they're going to Germanize us. And so he stresses this idea of assimilation.

Now, he would change his views on the Germans and the Scotch-Irish over time, but one thing that he stressed, and this was adopted by the other founders, somebody like Thomas Jefferson as well, was the idea of unity. How is it that affection binds a people together to command the kind of sacrifices that are necessary to preserve a people?

Now, he would change his views on the Germans and the Scotch-Irish over time, but one thing that he stressed, and this was adopted by the other founders, somebody like Thomas Jefferson as well, was the idea of unity. How is it that affection binds a people together to command the kind of sacrifices that are necessary to preserve a people?

So when we talk about a people, we say Americans, it means we're presupposing that that entity exists and that it has something in common. And that meant that the foremost, if you read Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, what they really look to is to try to get your own citizens to have more kids.

So when we talk about a people, we say Americans, it means we're presupposing that that entity exists and that it has something in common. And that meant that the foremost, if you read Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, what they really look to is to try to get your own citizens to have more kids.

So that was immigration awareness number one, was we actually don't want to bring in lots and lots of immigrants because of certain threats that they pose, although we do admit immigrants. But it wasn't a nation of immigrants. That's a much later teaching that I think you can trace to the 1920s. The idea of a nation of immigrants really takes off in the 1950s.

So that was immigration awareness number one, was we actually don't want to bring in lots and lots of immigrants because of certain threats that they pose, although we do admit immigrants. But it wasn't a nation of immigrants. That's a much later teaching that I think you can trace to the 1920s. The idea of a nation of immigrants really takes off in the 1950s.