>Most of our ancestors didn't have to do anything to come here except just show up

my ancestors were war-refugees that were given asylum officially from the U.S. on my mothers side due to the atrocities committed by their former state, and my father's side had literally hundreds of members associated closely with the Western Expansion of the U.S.

To say they just showed up is so incredibly naive, and IMO it does a lot to paint the picture of current immigrants shallowly and without impact.

These people before us built this country.

These new people didn't 'just show up', either.