America was not founded and built by IMMIGRANTS. America didn’t exist yet. America was founded and built by SETTLERS. Immigrants came later.

If the Founders instead came here and assimilated into indigenous tribes, then they would have been immigrants. But then America wouldn’t exist.

Settlers. Not immigrants. Important distinction provided for leftists conflating our founding and Founders as an argument against ICE and deportation.

Relatedly, America wasn’t founded by colonial imperialists. These were British colonies and America was founded by throwing off British colonial rule.

Why I keep having to make these distinctions for leftists reveals we need to spend much more time instructing our children in American history and American civics. Hold on, I used the wrong term. Not “reveals.” This REINFORCES we need to spend much more time instructing our children in American history and American civics.