@lzg so, I don't know what your background is, but I'm sad that you can't imagine having familial and cultural connections to the land.
I agree, though, that land connections in living memory are more real than fairy tales from long-ago times.
But I think there's an intrinsic difference between a massive influx of settlers backed by military might, and a normal immigration policy. Conflating the two is covering up that power dynamic.