After that, the great amount of immigration between 1850 and 1955. Argentina actually became the second most immigrated country at 6.6 million people, that is 16% of their current population. Only second to the United States with a massive 27 million immigrants. With such a high influx of immigration to Argentina, Natives have felt threatened and scared; and they have the right to be.
Today, many indigenous people have been forced to hide their identity to avoid racial discrimination. As of 2011, many natives were still being denies basic rights that even the constitution of Argentina guarantees such as basic land and human rights, leading to struggles to protect ancestral territory and the lost lives of many members in the Qom tribe. In the Aboriginal Community, Félix Díaz is the leader and has made claims that his people are being denied medical assistance and were not being provided access to clean drinking water. He also claimed that traders would keep raising food prices and when these complaints were taken to a judge, they were ignored and the judge refused to hear them.
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