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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When earlier immigrants came:

1. They did not fly home frequently.
2. They did not communicate on a daily basis with the "old country"....
3. They did not have dual passports--because they seldom traveled.
4. Their allegiance changed to US--they may have been proud of their heritage, but their loyalties were not divided.
5. They did not criticize the US as much--because they were grateful to be here.[/quote]

I will grand you (1) and (2), since those are driven by technology changes, but I don't think you can say the make the same sweeping generalizations about the rest.

For (3), most other countries don't allow dual passports, which is why people give up their citizenships to obtain US citizenship.  Depending on the stability of their home country, though, immigrants (like my parents), may opt to retain their home country passport and remain in the US with a Green Card indefinitely (they are now US citizens, but they waited until decades after they were eligible to naturalize).  Most immigrants I know from places like the UK which allows for dual citizenship retain both passports.

For (4), again, not sure you can say that about immigrants from stable countries.  I know a lot of W. European immigrants who still identify more with their W. European identity than their American ones.  And (5) most of those people (and none that I know) do not hate America or want to commit terrorist acts.

Further w.r.t. (5), a lot of immigrants and native born American criticize the US.  My immigrant parents do about certain things, and so does, BTW, Donald Trump.  My immigrant parents also think there are many great things about the US...not sure where Trump stands on this. [/quote]

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