IMMIGRATE

the fear is upon us as the darkness spreads across this land. xenophobia grows and gnaws at the corner of every news channel. lou dobbs screams about border security as we morally waver between the blurred borders of our instinctual self-perservation and that of racism. we are tempted to twist and yank out that part which makes our countries truly admirable: an open country to pursue our freedom. north america was founded without invitation. in some way, we all emmigrated here. the reason we are so afraid is that we have never truly confronted our past, much less our present actions. there is so much to atone for...
[Latin immigrre, immigrt-, to go into : in-, in; see in-2 + migrre, to depart.]