almost all immigrants assimilated quickly....
One of my great grandmothers arrived here speaking only Gaelic....today her successors,including me,have at least a decent command of English and I,at least,am both proud of my Irish ancestors and see myself as 100% American and damn happy that those ancestors made the trip.
I see the Ireland of today as just another dirty,depraved and depressing European cesspool.
Yes, the integrate really well to social welfare programs, not so well on ‘Melting pot’ theory of immigration.
They don’t learn english, the suck up tax dollars, suck up jobs and prison cells.