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I think this is a very complicated issue.
We are a nation of immigrants surrounded by more, newer immigrants. I live in Northern California, just north of Sacramento, and it seems everyone here is recent immigrant. On my left is Kent and his Mexican wife (smoking hot btw), to my right is Oscar and they are from Columbia (his two kids just joined the US Army), and the guy across the street is a Highway Patrol officer and he is from Egypt. All of them speak flawless English.
We have some people who come to the US and integrate with our community. At the same time we have others who never do. It some areas there are entire immigrant populations - Chinatown and Little Italy, etc. In some cases it's scary. In other cases it's beautiful.
Years ago I worked with a programmer who was born in Egypt. He wanted to become a US citizen so I helped him study for his test. He invited me to his swearing in. If you are an American citizen and never gone to one of these.... It should be required. It reduced me to tears. People came from foreign countries with nothing but the clothes on their backs, and ten years later they own a house, a business, have a college degree, families, and kids.... These people live a great life because they are Americans.
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