If you assimilate and adopt local customs (such as speaking English) you are an immigrant.
If you insist on living the way people do in your grandparents’ foreign shtthole, then you are an invader.
Born here or not.
My dad grew up in NYC in the 1930’s. He told me that immigrants got mad at you if you spoke to them in their native language.
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but we briefly fostered a little girl born in this country in the midwest. She was 3 years old and did not speak ONE word of English. She only spoke Spanish.
We need to force assimilation by not accommodating non-English speakers. Come here to live, learn English.
I am reminded of a beloved former employer who arrived in the
US from Korea at age 17, not speaking a word of English. Five
years later she had graduated from the University of Illinois
with bachelor degrees in Architecture, Structural Engineering
and Interior Design. By age 30, she had created her own firm
hiring 65 employees and managing it successfully for 30
years.
These are the kinds of immigrants we can all support.
Exactly so!