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The Immigration Crisis Is a Sham: Repopulating North America

The flood of undocumented Latin American immigrants crossing into the US cannot be assailed on moral grounds. The term "Hispanic" is a classic misnomer. It distorts reality and vaporizes the entitlement of the native population. Hispanics are not Spanish. Spain is not their homeland. Some speak Quechua or another Native language as their mother tongue. Some speak little Spanish or Spanish as a second language. "Hispanic," then, does not describe their cultural, ethnic, or linguistic identity. Rather, the term avoids avoid naming their real identity: Native American. They are blood brothers of the North American tribes decimated by colonial invaders from Europe. Columbus was an illegal alien. Natives or Indigenous peoples are not.

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