Who is really American and whose land is it anyways?

Here is an interesting two-part article on illegal immigration, racism and socio-economic problems of my adopted country. The questions that come to mind are that who really is American and whose land is it? It depends how deep and how far back in history you want to go and whom you ask! I mean, on one side, if everybody goes back to where they came from, only people left would be Native Americans. If 40 million Irish, Italians, Jews, and other Europeans were allowed in the country without papers, why not Mexicans or Chinese or others? Even my daughter once got mad and told me to go back to India. I told her to go back to wherever she came from. I guess, best thing for me would have been to shut up and let her vent off. I sure can use some help and advice in dealing with a teenager who was born and grew up in America. Anyways, read if you like:

http://www.michnews.com/a/article_11_15_05.shtml (part 1)

http://www.michnews.com/b/article_12_28_05.shtml (part 2)

On the same thought, here is a funny car sticker I saw a few months ago.
“In 1492, Indians discovered Columbus!”.