The only people who would argue against your point are those who believe that our country is born of our government and that we are merely tenants, paying rent to ensure our citizenship.... And basically, thats how the left sees the constituency, which is why they assert the rest of the world’s right to live here.
I think that is exactly how the Left sees America—as belonging to the government, not the people. And they don’t agree with our distrust of “big government”, since every problem can only be solved by the government. But as Thomas Paine said, “Government, at best, is but a necessary evil. At worst, an intolerable one”. However, and ironically, the Left has lost respect for the founding fathers unless you can somehow argue that they were socialists.