The response said to me that my friend was amused and maybe wasn’t buying it. He and I had met for breakfast yesterday. Immigration reform came up in the conversation. My comment was, “This land is their land.” I was referring to Hispanics in general. My point was that Hispanics are a growing, contributing segment of our country. Hispanics need to be viewed as more than just a “hired hand.” Legal Hispanic immigrants have as much right to sing “This land is your land, this land is my land,” as I do. And “amnesty” is not an appropriate word for giving illegals a pathway toward earning citizenship.