Why are people so cruel? Refugees

[paulpablo]

I live in the U.S. Except for the first wave of immigrants - Europeans arriving here in 1492 - immigration has had a positive effect on our culture. New ideas , skills, languages, cuisines, skin colors and hair types. After a couple of generations assimilation , cultural modification, creativity. I would like to go back to the Ellis Island system A quick security check, health check. Check - your in.

I think if you're going to go that far back into the timeline of American history it isn't a case of judging what effect Europeans arriving there in 1492 had on your culture.

Because American culture as you know it didn't exist at that time so it wasn't there to be affected.  And who can really say how the timeline of history would have gone if Europeans hadn't arrived in America in 1492, you don't even know if your culture would exist at all if that didn't happen.

It's also slightly debatable to call them immigrants because from what I understand in 1492 none of those people stayed to live in central America.  I could be wrong about that point, did any Europeans stay and live in any land considered to now be part of the USA in 1492?

It would be a bit like me saying "Apart from the Romans coming to England in 43AD I think immigration to the UK has gone quite well." In reference to what you're saying about Europeans arriving in America in 1492.