text: I think you missed the point.
  
  He was making the point that we are a country of immigrants. So why all the immigrant hate?
  
  The Irish immigrated well after the first illegals had taken land from the American Indians and created a foothold to force their immigration on anyone new.
  
  Hell they even forced Indians to go through immigration to get their names changed.
  
  He was trying to say that blanketing all immigrants with the same brush is dumb.
  
  Religion only muddies the waters because USA Christians like to hide behind the holy cloth while sniping at anyone else. It doesn't help that Jesus said to love everyone and accept strangers as your brother, and here were have the same Christians attacking strangers that come to their door for help.