This Independence Day: A high-five to all the hardworking immigrants over the centuries who helped build our country.

I don’t think Hamilton was necessarily an immigrant. Weren’t the leeward islands under British control at the time?

Puerto rico was under the control of Spain until December 10 1898, When spain surrendered and gave terrirories like Puerto rico to the US

Yes but I’m talking about nevis and the leeward islands

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Yes I believe Hamilton was born there in nevis

Well, the continental U.S. and certainly the budding metropolis of New York was a very different place than Nevis in the Caribbean. Then again, “America” as a country didn’t exist at the time.

The use of the word “immigrant” may be stretching the truth a little bit (but just a little bit) in the service of brevity, a good story, and yes, a political point.

But the point stands that America was a nation full of and built by immigrants, especially back then.

But worth noting too that even back then, families who had been established for longer (certainly as landowners or slaveholders) had a sort of privilege.

Right because we weren’t a nation yet. I do agree with you that they did stretch it