Shouldn't immigrants be 100% loyal to the USA?

Question

When immigrants want to come to the USA, shouldn't they be 100% loyal to the country of the USA? Shouldn't they be proud to fly the flag of the USA? Why would they think that it is okay to fly the flag of the country that they left? Shouldn't they got back to their home country if they want to fly that flag? I think it should be against the law in the USA to fly a flag other than the flag of the USA, unless it is below the flag of the USA. My dad (a USA citizen) in Washington state, flies his USA flag proudly and below it flies the Canadian flag in respect for his grandchildren who are Canadian citizens.

Answer 1

(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.

Answer 2

Heck, there are many citizens who are not loyal. Most of the immigrants who come here legally are more loyal than some citizens. They are proud to be citizens. They don't take this country for granted.. As for flying the flag, there is a law that you cannot fly any flag over the flag of the United States of America.

Answer 3

Bit strong I must admit 'I think it should be against the law in the USA to fly a flag other than the flag of the USA, unless it is below the flag of the USA.' You can't have it every way. 'Free Speech' but only the US flag ! 'Freedom' but only if you love the US. 'Equality' but only if you forget your old life. I think a lot of double standards are creeping into the American way of life. Look it is very easy. Either you want your whole 'We love our Freedom' constitution and way of life or you don't. If the former than quit moaning. If not, then get off your big fat back-side and change the government and the law. Put up or shut-up yeah?

Answer 4

When you become an American citizen, you take an oath to be loyal to the U.S. alone.

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

So, no, you can't owe allegiance to another country if you became an American. Otherwise, why even come to the U.S. If you're loyalty is to another country, then stay there.

If there were ever a war between your former country and the U.S., your only choice is to defend the U.S.

Answer 5

No, of course not. Long live the Mexican race, of course, and down with the "conqistadores". Put on nice multi-colored outfits, and parade around flags from your homeland, while burning the American flag, and drain the welfare system designed for legal US citizens.

There is no America but land stolen from Mexico and the natives, of course. Because, as we all know, Mexicans did not arrive on a boat and slaughter the native inhabitants, like the white people did. Mexicans were here first. In fact, Mexico is the only sovereign nation on the planet. They don't allow illegal border crossings from Guatemala and other Middle American nations. Only Mexican sovereignty matters.

The United States never did anything for Mexico anyway. Only saved them from the French, bought off some of thier land, and have been consistently supplying income from natural resources purchased and money sent from patriotic Mexicans working in the US because there are no jobs to speak of in Mexico besides oil drilling, which Americans cannot do because it is bad for the environment, unless you are every other industrialized nation on this planet.

I try not to be sarcastic, senor, but it's so hard because I have just had a bunch of tacos and now I feel sleepy.

Answer 6

Absolutely!
"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 man's becoming in very fact 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, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...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." -- Theodore Roosevelt 1907"

Answer 7

Yes, immigrants should be 1005 loyal to the US otherwise they should not come here. The illegal Mexicans have no loyalty to the US at all, and you can see that by the way they are always waving Mxican flags in the faces of US citizens. If their loyalty is to Mexico then, yes, they should get out of the US and go back there. Sme thing to Jews who say their heart is in Israel; they should pick up there bodies and go to where they can be together in one place. But face it, there are here for the lifestyle and the money they can send back home to where they belong.

Answer 8

No. It is unreasonable to expect someone to totally give up their own culture. But having said that, it is true that the American falg should fly above any other in the United States, or it's properties. In other countries, that countries flag should fly at the top on their properties.

Answer 9

Once you become an American citizen, your allegiance should be to the US. If they like where they came from so much - go back home! What's more, if they're going to live here they should learn to speak English. Last time I checked, this wasn't Mexico, yet a large number of the Mexicans who come here prefer to jabber away in Spanish - actually, its not even Spanish - most of them can't understand proper Spanish as is spoken in Spain, so let's call it Mexican. Maybe we should just call it the United States of Mexico and be done with it.

Answer 10

Yes and no. I agree that if they choose to live there (unlike those who born there), they should be loyal, but they don't need to pretend to be pure U. S. and they should go on practising their culture.

So in case of a war they should support the U. S. A., but they should fly not the U. S. flag.

Answer 11

personally, I think that everyone should just stay in their own country, and usa should not use other countries for the goods either. USA is able to make things themselves. Build the oil tower. Then we wouldn't have to worry about war, or them keeping the supplies away from us. We rely on the other countries just as much and it's wrong.