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Yeah, immigrants and their kids don't got what it takes:

Say that to the victims of the thousands of immigant felons Cuba dumped on the USA when Castro emptied his prisons -- into Florida.

Anecdotal evidence is always such a clincher.

Immigrants SHOULD make it here with all the government giveaways -- welfare, ~~affirmative action~~ positive discrimination, free education, scholarships, grants, etc.

Immigrants who DON'T make it also exist. Why don't they make it? Oh yeah, i forgot, it's OUR fault -- racism.

Eventually the doors have to close -- even for a while. That's just common sense. Glorifying immigrant hard word and contributions is just swell....but they are part of why we worship at the altar of racial/ethnic/religious "diversity" -- we have decided that our own roots, our own American-both aren't worth it anymore.

Last year Cesar Chavez's birthday replaced Good Friday at a bay area college for that Good Friday holiday.

Lunar new year/Chinese new year replaced Lincoln/Washington birthdays. Same bay area.

MY anecdotal offering.

My opinion here. Just my opinion.

Cuban immigration is an interesting case. The "first wave" Cubans who came here in the '50s were professionals and business people. I knew several when I lived in Miami. They are well-educated, intelligent, hard-working individuals who have done very well in America. They are doctors, lawyers, judges, politicians... they have contributed in every area of society.

I've known Vietnamese immigrants who were well-educated, intelligent, talented people -- kids who spoke three or four languages, played piano like virtuosos, were tops in their classes in school. They came here with the shirts on their backs and have worked hard to succeed.

These types of people add tremendously to the strength of our nation. They come here with all of their talents and an amazing work ethic. They are very patriotic and thankful for the opportunities they have found here.

Not all immigrants are equal. The difficult part is having both the formula and the stomach to decide who will and who will not be welcomed to our country.

Glorifying immigrant hard word and contributions is just swell....but they are part of why we worship at the altar of racial/ethnic/religious "diversity" -- we have decided that our own roots, our own American-both aren't worth it anymore.

I've done quite well economically working with immigrants both affluent or not, so it's experience not anecdotes that clinch the argument for me. Those people also seem to think more highly of our country than you do. And no, not one of them is or has been on welfare.

May I ask you: up to what year were the "American roots" you venerate planted? Are the Irish potato-famine migrants, the Sicilians, the Jews fleeing from pograms, the Chinese railroad laborers, or the Hungarians after the 1956 Soviet invasion part of your American roots, or did they come too late?