I do believe that all of us are immagrants to the great USA. My great-grandparents were part of the original wagon train to the west and there is a town in Colorado named after my great-granmother. All of my ancestors, that I have been able to determine, were legal immagrants and so is the Gentleman. I have NO problem paying for medical benefits to a LEGAL immagrant who has gone through all of the legal loopholes to get to a US Citizen. I DO have major problems with the scum the sneak, crawl and illegally worm there way into this country, and immediantly ask "Where is the welfare office and by the way my wife is pregnant."
To this gentleman is was an honor to become a US citizen and I do not believe he was just trying to get benfits as most if not all of the illegal slime that invades our country everyday...
I am proud of my family history, that includes pioneers/miners/explorers, which all of them where legal immigrants that went through Ellis Island. To me he is not a drain on Society even if we did pay for his health care, at least he went the everything to get legal status...
I, myself, would be proud to meet this gentleman and welcome him as a full LEGAL US citizen. I may have to brush up on my Russian thought, have not spoken it for 36+ years.
SledgeSC
Of course we are all immigrants. My parents were both immigrants after World War II, Polish refugees. But they worked when they came here, had a sponser who swore an oath they would not become a drain on society. This man fought in the Russian civil war, and has a son named Vladimir, I can guess which side he fought on.