My Father’s parents were legal Ukrainian immigrants who came over in the late 1940’s. Once Naturalized, they BECAME Americans.
No handouts, free lunches, free tuition, or any other entitlement BS.
My mom was an immigrant. She tell me the story of how, at age 7, I helped her study for her citizenship test. 48 years later she has he citizenship certificate framed and hanging on her wall.
She did it all the right way.