I think you’re looking too deep. Asians are very family oriented. If you do something to disgrace your family, the family disowns you, very unlike Johnny Talibans parents.
I think Sample Man is right. Individuals are to honor their families. And their countries. People who do not do that are a disgrace and, apparantly, are disowned. We are such a highly individualistic culture with ideas about individual rights and freedoms that’s it’s hard to see or understand. But these folks are not individuals apart from their family. Certainly not immigrants.