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However, I want nothing to do with nativism. The notion that just being born here in and of itself makes one more American than a naturalized citizen who chose this country and earned the right to be here flies in the face of everything that made this country great.”
Many naturalized citizens are the biggest nativists around. The left has reinvented the word to disparage it. Don’t buy the lie.
Tony Blankley, for one, is proud to be called a ‘nativist’.
I agree with you. Many naturalized citizens are very patriotic because they have lived here, are familiar with this country, and have respected the laws to become citizens. But we cannot expect foreigners adore us from day one and want to die for us, as some others have suggested.