Nashville City Council members denied that the United States is facing an invasion from illegal aliens and instead blamed Europeans for their “invasion” of America in 1492 amid an ongoing battle over the city’s response to illegal immigration.
The comment came in a letter from the Nashville city council’s Immigrant Caucus, which slammed fellow council member David Benton after he spoke alongside Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) as the congressman called for an investigation into Nashville Democratic Mayor Freddie O’Connell, who condemned raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Music City.
The Caucus, which is chaired by council member Terry Vo, accused Benton of pushing “racist propaganda” and turned its ire to “European colonizers.”
“We remind him, and the public, that the only true ‘invasion’ of this land occurred in 1492 with the arrival of European…
