Reply #90: The analogy of illegal immigrants today coming to the US... [View All]

as compared with European colonists (invaders) coming to these shores hundreds of years ago is laughable. It's even offensive to illegal immigrants, if you really think about it. Those colonists were there to take land for their home country and make it an extension of that same country. I don't think illegal immigrants are invading the US and taking land for their home country. Though many on the right view it as an "invasion". That right there should end the analogy.

Indeed, the reason why many people were originally picked to be colonists (or "forced" if you would prefer) was for cheap labor! Prisoners that would "work for freedom" and soon enough slaves from Africa (they tried to make Native Americans slaves as well) were amongst the first to settle as part of the colonies, because to make the colonies exceedingly profitable for the companies that funded them, they needed cheap (or free) labor.

I guess the European colonisation/invasion could be better used as an analogy for a company's want for cheap labor than for illegal immigration.