Your sarcasm is misplaced because yes, this has unironically been true for large chunks of Latin American history.

- Argentinians in particular are over 60% of Italian descent.

- The richest man in Mexico was born to Lebanese immigrants.

- The chief military leader of the Chilean war of independence was born to an Irish immigrant.

- Peru had a president who was born to Japanese immigrants.

These countries have all, at various times, had an influx of overseas immigrants whose birthright citizen children rose to high stations in society.