An older take on Immigration

Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
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“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here
in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be
treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American,
and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any
man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American
at all.

We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one
language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one
sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
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The problem of course is that America was built from the composition of all the things that come from other countries. How can you embrace your strength that is derived from the complexity of your diversity and then condemn it in the same sentence?

Still, part of it does resonate with me to an extent.

I think I remember servingdonuts had a long rant on Immigration that I cannot find at the moment. Very thought provoking. I’ll have to go dig it up and link to it.