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It was my close working relationship with many chinese that began me thinking about our lax immigration policies. Nearly to a person the ones I worked with were outwardly more loyal to PRC or ROC than to the US, even though they had their homes & families here.

In all fairness, I have Chinese in my family - citizens - who are among the most patriotic individuals I know. But in general we really need to start paying closer attention to who we are letting in.

Nearly to a person the ones I worked with were outwardly more loyal to PRC or ROC than to the US, even though they had their homes & families here.

I wonder sometimes, if your observation is partially tainted by an overarching paradigm in America towards a kinship towards Europe.

In my company, we have European and Japanese suppliers. And we buy more from Europe than we do from Japan. But I can tell you, that people grumble more about Japan. The labor unions even protest to corporate whenever additional work is sent to Japan. I'm not talking about the 50's or 60's or 70's or even the 80's. I'm talking about just a few years ago.

It's not so much the technical work force that are vocal but the labor unions. But even amongst the technical workforce, you can sense an angst about suppliers outside of Europe and more of a kinship towards suppliers in Europe.

Through the years, I've been in social settings or observed, where people from New Zealand, Australia, England, Germany, Italy, etc. speak about their home country with a patriotic zeal. It doesn't seem offensive to an American. It even draws further interests. But someone outside of the European setting (or descendants such as NZ and Australia) has to be more careful about how they speak about their home country (which, by the way, proves political correctness swings BOTH ways).