it is simple.People immigrate because wherever they are at they do not want to be. My problem is that many immigrants say they love the countries they left. Can you love a place you did not want to live in?The german chancelor and many politicians in america spoke about teaching a national culture.A prerequisite to being a nation state is that all within have a singular culture?
Should countries all over the world force immigrants to make a decision to learn the culture of the country they are coming to and be given true citizenship and if they want to still have the culture of their prior country(flag,language,history,holiday) they should be perceived as foreign citizens who live within the state.
restate, immigrants who deny the culture of their previous country can be a citizen with legal action if they adopt any aspect of their previous culture. While immigrants who want to keep their previous culture can't be citizens and have to live in zones. civil rights is an issue. questions?
2006-09-03 05:17:49 · 13 answers · asked by Monsignor Klaatu 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
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2006-09-03 05:18:23 · update #1
I am not from this country originally but i'm legal here, my husband is and american and we have a daughter, I love my country (El Salvador), but I came here for a better life and I need to learn english and respect their culture because this is not my country any more, I'm not coming here to try to celebrate what I celebrate in my country or yeah I will but privately and not bother somebody else with it, and get involve in all americans culture
2006-09-08 09:15:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ana J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am first generation of immigrant. We immigrated from Poland 16 years ago and became proud American citizens.
Yes we do speak polish at home and between our polish friends, but our loyalty are with USA. Believe me, when we go visit Poland we feel there like aliens and even there is a lot of sentiment , we don't feel like our country any more. I teach my kids to speak polish and polish culture for them to know what they came from, but i also realize, that this will end with my grand kids, because there is a small chance that my daughters will merry polish boys.
I do speak English with the accent , but my kids don't (they speak funny polish) and i am Polish -American and they are American -Polish. Second generation will integrate with the rest of population and that's what happen with all of you- most of your grandparents come here from somewhere. You can not change this, because this is a way America was built and even you thing, that other people should change completely the way of living- this is a long process and alvays was. For us immigrants who still learn new way of living in here, loyalty to my old country have nothing to do with anything, because we make those choices when we decide to come here and live here forever.Taking American citizenship has a lot of mining for most of us and we take this very, very seriously. We thank God every day for this oportunity to live here and we do everything in our pover to fight for that and make better for all our kids.
2006-09-04 18:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by bianca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being faraway from the looking, gnawing beast it is humanity for a time. yet i'm unusual in being a toddler of the city and united states. I additionally like that heartbeat you could almost sense interior the sidewalk and the giants made up of glass and stone and of cours ethe hotdog stand on the corner. living interior the country close adequate to the city to relish the two may be the main suitable.
2016-10-01 06:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with bianca (give her the 10 points).
She has put the whole ball of wax into common sense.
No one is required to forget where they originated from but only to adjust to the laws of the new country they wish to live in. This country was built on that premise and it has worked fantastically for over 200 years. We don't ask others to forget their former languages, we just want them to learn the English language so that we can converse on ONE common language. We don't ask others to forget their religious thoughts or force them into ours, they can believe what they want to believe.
We believe in individual rights and FREEDOM .... and if we don't like it we have the freedom to leave it. Those that don't want to follow our common laws... Use your Freedom to leave.
2006-09-09 03:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like your thinking. That's exactly what has so many people upset at Mexican immigrants legal and illegal. For the most part they live in the US for economic reasons but their heart is in Mexico. They don't like America or Americans, they hate white people and hate black people even more, won't learn English and demand their so-called rights.
2006-09-03 06:22:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they love their old country so much, why immigrate. If they do decide to immigrate, they should learn the customs of that country.
2006-09-03 05:45:44 · answer #6 · answered by bobemac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My impression of the English that have migrated to other coutries is that they become, over time, more English than the English and have created little English colonies.
2006-09-03 05:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if someone loves their country so much then stay there. We cannot support anymore people. we can't feed the ones we have.
2006-09-07 12:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by Mistyferie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You miss your coutrny more, i guess. But it depends on the life you leading in your new country
2006-09-03 05:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by elle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never leave my country but i see what you are saying.
2006-09-03 05:23:39 · answer #10 · answered by tera l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋