Calling slaves "immigrants" is a euphemism. There's a difference between those who chose to come here and those who were kidnapped and brought here. A vast difference.
Obama also referred to slaves as 'immigrants'
No he didn't. Obama didn't say anything about slaves. Many Africans came here as refugees and some ot the earliest arrivals came as indentured servants. WHen Obama said " in their own way they were immigrants themselves" it could have been ini that context. But hey, I am not going to give Obama a free pass here. Although it isn;t clear, if he did infer that slaves were immigrants in any contect, he was as wrong as Carson according to the comparison of term I posted in post #256. Obama is human and made a few verbal gaffs too. His error, if that is what he meant, doesn't validate Carson's error!
Obama didn't say anything about slaves?
"And perhaps, like some of you, these new arrivals might have had some moments of doubt, wondering if they had made a mistake in leaving everything and everyone they ever knew behind. So life in America was not always easy. It wasn’t always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasn’t easy for
those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more."