{"id":2478985,"date":"2025-08-26T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:43:16","slug":"lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Left&#8217;s Favorite Immigration Lie Is Being Used To Destroy America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2478985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques the common political assertion that &#8220;immigrants are America&#8221; or that America is a &#8220;nation of immigrants,&#8221; a phrase endorsed by figures like Senator Amy Klobuchar, CBS News&#8217; Margaret Brennan, and even former President Ronald Reagan. The author argues this narrative is misleading and serves as a political tool to promote lax immigration policies without considering the effects of mass migration on American communities, culture, and national identity. The piece emphasizes that America was founded by British settlers who established colonies on uninhabited lands, rather than by immigrants coming into an already established nation. It warns that framing America solely as a nation of immigrants undermines the meaning of being American, threatens the country&#8217;s sovereignty, and disregards the importance of shared principles and national cohesion.The article cites Alexander Hamilton&#8217;s warning on the necessity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-proves-why-some-foreigners-shouldnt-hold-us-office\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar Proves Why Some Foreigners Shouldn&#039;t Hold US Office\">common national sentiment<\/a> for the safety of the republic and suggests that unrestricted immigration threatens that unity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1960010622596424072\">  Greg Price\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The%20Left%E2%80%99s%20Favorite%20Immigration%20Lie%20Is%20Being%20Used%20To%20Destroy%20America&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=The%20Left%E2%80%99s%20Favorite%20Immigration%20Lie%20Is%20Being%20Used%20To%20Destroy%20America&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20Left%E2%80%99s%20Favorite%20Immigration%20Lie%20Is%20Being%20Used%20To%20Destroy%20America&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/26\/the-lefts-favorite-immigration-lie-is-being-used-to-destroy-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>At The Democratic National Committee (DNC) summer meeting, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said &ldquo;immigrants &hellip; are America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a message to Donald Trump. Immigrants don&rsquo;t diminish America. They <em>are<\/em> America,&rdquo; Klobuchar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1960010622596424072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-771247074\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Klobuchar isn&rsquo;t alone in making this type of statement. CBS News&rsquo; Margaret Brennan previously claimed &ldquo;this is a country founded by immigrants,&rdquo; while beloved conservative icon President Ronald Reagan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/archives\/speech\/statement-united-states-immigration-and-refugee-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proclaimed<\/a> we are a &ldquo;nation of immigrants.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While it may seem innocuous at first, it&rsquo;s a subtle sleight of hand to push the insidious lie that Americans have no right to defend their border, sovereignty, or culture out of fear of being un-American.<\/p>\n<p>If America is &ldquo;immigrants,&rdquo; it must also mean that America is a nation of immigrants. But, as I previously wrote, this is a calculated lie the left &mdash; and even some misguided Republicans &mdash; push to justify loose immigration policies that fail to take into account the impact of mass migration on American communities and people. <\/p>\n<p>To be clear, America is a nation of <em>settlers.<\/em> The 13 original colonies were established by Britain, and over the next century or so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2023\/12\/boston-tea-party.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGreat%20Britain%20had%208%20million,and%20the%20American%20Civil%20War.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of thousands of<\/a>&nbsp;Brits moved to the British colonies. These Brits weren&rsquo;t &ldquo;immigrating&rdquo; to anywhere. They came to barren land. There were no laws, borders, maps, or written language. The British settlers came to uncharted land to establish colonies under British rule. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, the claim that America is a nation of immigrants is oft repeated &mdash; but for one insidious purpose: to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >justify endless immigration<\/a>. If America <em>is<\/em> a nation of immigrants and founded by immigrants, then logic says it would be un-American to want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-america-wasnt-founded-by-immigrants\/\" title=\"No, ... Wasn&#039;t &#039;...&#039; By ...\">control mass immigration<\/a> since our very nation was borne out of immigration. <\/p>\n<p>And, if America is merely a nation of immigrants, then what exactly <em>is<\/em> an American? As I previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/27\/no-america-wasnt-founded-by-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;nothing.&rdquo; If being born here or moving here makes someone &ldquo;American,&rdquo; &mdash; as Klobuchar&rsquo;s comments indicate &mdash; then being &ldquo;American&rdquo; is meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>Repeating the false claim that America is either a nation of immigrants or that &ldquo;America is immigrants&rdquo; tears at the ties that bind Americans together. <\/p>\n<p>The repetition of &ldquo;America is a nation of immigrants&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t harmless rhetoric &mdash; it&rsquo;s a political weapon. It suggests that anyone &mdash; from anywhere &mdash; has a right to be here, regardless of whether they share our principles, respect our culture, or can practice self-government. But without taking those things into consideration, you risk destroying the national identity &mdash; or what it means to be American &mdash; through mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Hamilton&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Hamilton\/01-25-02-0282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;us in 1802 that &ldquo;the safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common National sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exception of the citizens from foreign bias, and prejudice &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Flooding the country with millions of newcomers under the guise that we are obligated to &mdash; since &ldquo;America is immigrants&rdquo; &mdash; is a trojan horse. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. 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