From: "Geo." 

Excuse me but 1776 came before the 1800's..

Geo.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in
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>I know the history, it all started before we were a country, the rest
> was just a follow on to a particularly nasty bit of history.
>
> But anyway, that's nothing to do with today and the amnesty question.
>
> Because I am so much a rule of law guy, I have no choice but to not
> support any kind of amnesty program.  I, however don't have a problem
> with a guest worker program (we actually have that already).
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:37:37 +0100, Ad
>  wrote:
>
>>Robert Comer wrote:
>>>> The Cherokee might not agree with your opinion about legally..
>>>
>>> That was before we were a country.
>>>
>>
>>Not according to this:
>>
>>http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html
>>
>>Some fun dates:
>>
>>1828 - Cherokee Phoenix published in English and Cherokee; Andrew
>>Jackson elected President. Gold discovered in Georgia.
>>
>>1828-1830 - Georgia Legislature abolishes tribal government and expands
>>authority over Cherokee country.
>>
>>1832 - US Supreme Court decision Worcester vs Georgia establishes tribal
>>sovereignty, protects Cherokees from Georgia laws. Jackson won't enforce
>>decision and Georgia holds lottery for Cherokee lands.
>>
>>1835 - Treaty Party signs Treaty of New Echota, giving up title to all
>>Cherokee lands in southeast in exchange for land in Indian Territory
>>(now Oklahoma.).
>>
>>1838-1839 - Trails of Tears. US Government's forced removal of 17,000
>>Cherokees, in defiance of Supreme Court decision. More than 4,000 die
>>from exposure and disease along the way.
>>
>>
>>
>>>> the only reason some are illegal is because we decide what
is legal and
>>>> what
>>>> is not. We could quite easily decide to make them legal.
>>>
>>> Yes, we could, (and have done before) but in granting them legal
>>> status, we're encouraging others to beak the same law for the next
>>> time.
>>>
>>
>>Enforcing legality much like in the above examples?
>>
>>Adam

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