Native American confronts 'anti-illegal immigration' protesters in the US

[Gauthier]

A Native American man criticized protesters at an Arizona rally against illegal immigration, calling them the real “illegals” for invading his country and killing Native Americans when Europeans first settled on US soil.

“You’re all f*cking illegal. You’re all illegal,” the Native American man yelled at the protesters, who had gathered in Tucson, Arizona to demonstrate their opposition to illegal immigration by Central and South Americans. “We didn’t invite none of you here. We’re the only native Americans here.”

Some have applauded the man for pointing out the protesters’ hypocrisy, who at one point immigrated to the US themselves or are descendants of immigrants. In the video posted in April 2011, which has only now gone viral, the Native American man, who was pushing his baby through town in a stroller, staged his own protest when he came across the rally.

“Get on with your bogus arguments. We’re the only legal ones here,” he yelled.

One protester was caught standing near the angry Native American and became the target of his criticism. The man was carrying a small American flag and a sign that read, “We should have put that sign up when you sons-of-bitches came.”

Pointing towards the American flag held by the protester, the Native American said that it “represents blood spilled by Native Americans, protecting this land from the invaders.”

“You don’t want to hear the God damn truth!” he yelled. “Get on, bitch! All the Native Americans you killed, you plant your houses here. That’s the truth.”

With Arizona’s proximity to the Mexican border, it has long been a hub for anti-immigration protests and initiatives. The state passed the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” in 2010, which is a strict anti-illegal immigration measure that has stimulated significant controversy. The law made it a misdemeanor crime for an “alien” to be in the state of Arizona without carrying registration documents. It also allows law enforcement officers to stop any individual that they suspect of being an illegal immigrant, thereby promoting racial profiling. It also imposes heavy penalties on those involved in sheltering or hiring unregistered aliens.

The law’s controversial provisions were blocked by the US Department of Justice, but the Supreme Court in 2012 ruled to uphold the “show me your papers” provision allowing law enforcement to stop anyone who looks like an illegal immigrant.

But the Native American man who staged his own protest at the rally considers it hypocritical for Americans to criticize others for immigrating into the US when everyone but Native Americans at one point did so themselves.

“That’s what [the American] flag stands for – all the Native Americans you killed to plant your houses here,” he said. “That’s the truth.”

http://rt.com/usa/native-american-immigration-man-500/


The white lady screaming she is part Cherokee is hilarious.

[Linebacker]

[Armando Esteban Quito]

He silenced them hahaha. Idiots.

[Yehiel]

lol what sucks for them is they cant argue against it

[portusaus]

Annoying natives. Yes, this is our land, no, it isn't theirs.

[Balmung]

lol what sucks for them is they cant argue against it

They can, there was no country lol.

[Yehiel]

They can, there was no country lol.

i stand corrected

[Balmung]

i stand corrected

Yeah he's calling them hypocrites but he's a hypocrite for referring to himself as a Native American. "American" is solely a European colonial invention.

[zhaoyun]

The resentment is definitely understandable from his perspective.

[Armando Esteban Quito]

Yeah he's calling them hypocrites but he's a hypocrite for referring to himself as a Native American. "American" is solely a European colonial invention.

Not really, he's only referring to himself as such because it's the language Americans speak i.e. English. It's not like he could speak to the protesters in his tongue (assuming he speaks one) and expect them to understand what he's saying. I'm sure tribes have their own words for these types of names and I'm sure it's nothing like 'American'.