Does it really matter where one was born if she/he becomes a law abiding citizen of their new land and it's customs and way of life and the people who accepted them into their neighborhoods? The problems arise when immigrants who come from the worsts shitholes on Earth bring their hatreds, ideologies and prejudeces with them and expect the general population to change and accept their barbarism they escaped from in the first place!
My life has yet to be affected by one of these people.
I've known plenty of hard working immigrants from Mexico and Central America. My husband's grandparents were immigrants from Syria and Lebanon. My grandfather was the son of an Irish immigrant. Do you have any idea how much Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants were hated when they started to arrive here in large numbers. Oh, many of my neighbors were Polish immigrants when I was growing up and a large percentage of the town where I lived in NJ were second generation Italian immigrants. I've personally known a few immigrants from Iran. They were very nice people. And, I've known some Indian immigrants and at least one from Pakistan. Not a single one was hateful, angry or prejudiced.
I'm sure there must be some hateful immigrants, but they are rare compared to bigoted, hateful, narrow minded Americans. I've known quite a few of those as well and now we have a president who feeds their hate.
But, why must an immigrant adopt the culture here, as long as they follow our laws and live peacefully among us? We live in an extremely diverse country where some of us appreciate the different cultures. I have friends who don't speak English because they've never been given the opportunity to learn it. They live a simple, modest lifestyle, work very hard and appreciate the little things I've done for them.
There's a huge farmer's market in a small suburb of Atlanta, where all of the employees are immigrants. They are required to speak at least two languages, and English in order to be employed there. The owner isn't an immigrant, but the place is located in one of the most diverse areas of the US. I always enjoyed the place because of all the cultural diversity, in addition to the huge selection of produce. What's wrong with cultural appreciation? It would be extremely boring to me if the US was made up of nothing but white native born people. I like diversity.