*Sutherland, Howard (November 18, 2002). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-nation-of-immigrants-myth/ The Nation of Immigrants Myth]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
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*Binder, John (November 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/11/11/steve-bannon-were-a-nation-of-citizens-were-not-a-nation-of-immigrants/ Steve Bannon: ‘We’re a Nation of Citizens; We’re Not a Nation of Immigrants’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref> but rather of descendants of immigrants. This talking point is often used as an argument in favor of mass levels of migration, including [[illegal immigration]].<ref>Munro, Neil (January 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/01/19/watch-nyt-writer-explains-why-nation-immigrants-needs-open-borders/ WATCH: New York Times Writer Explains Why a ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Needs Open Borders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref>However, Europeans [[colonized]] America and imported African slaves to further increase the non-indigenous population..
===Colonial America===
Most of the migration to the [[thirteen colonies]] came from [[Britain]], with English, Scots and (Protestant) Irish{{fact}} ancestry. They The earliest of these are not technically considered "immigrants", because they were conquering a foreign land from its inhabitants for the [[British Empire]].<ref>https://twitter.com/MarkSKrikorian/status/1123187983358808064</ref>
A large number of [[German American|German immigrants]] came to Pennsylvania and New York. To this day they are called "Pennsylvania Dutch" but they were Germans, and came for religious freedom and economic opportunity. Dutch did come and settle in New Amsterdam (now New York), which was part of the Dutch Empire so they were not "immigrants" either. [[Black history|Black slaves]] were involuntary immigrants to all the colonies, especially the tobacco plantations of Virginia and Maryland, and the rice plantations of South Carolina. The [[American Revolution]] cut off movement from 1775 to 1783. When it resumed, about 80,000 American Loyalists left the U.S. to immigrate to Canada or return to Britain. Migration was light before 1815, because of wars in Europe. The import or export of slaves was made illegal in 1809.