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>Maybe, because it worked?...immigration is the core constitution of the USA. Immigration from where in particular? US immigration law is vastly different now

• owebmaster 10y ago
  I may not be the right guy to articulate it, as I don't have a deep knowledge about Us history, but in the past, other ethnics that currently are considered Americans had a though time adapting, like the Irish, didn't they? I do think that this foster assimilation is what made USA great. But I'm not an American, I'm a Brazilian. And currently we are facing some similar immigration trend that I believe will be very good for us, I hope.
  • jimmyk 10y ago
    >I may not be the right guy to articulate it, as I don't have a deep knowledge about Us history, but in the past, other ethnics that currently are considered Americans had a though time adapting, like the Irish, didn't they? Yes, indeed they did. The Irish have much much more in common, genetically, phenotypically, and culturally, with other north western European ethnic groups (the bulk of the US population at the time) than do Middle Eastern and North African ethnic groups, and it still took Irish immigrants generations to integrate into the existing population, during which time there was a great amount of friction. We came out better for it, but that is absolutely not guaranteed to happen for more distant ethnic groups. There is no reason to believe all ethnic groups are compatible enough to successfully integrate.
    • JoeAltmaier 10y ago
      If they can all be said to have integrated at all. Irish folk often still have a strong "us vs them" attitude. Still a chip on their shoulder after all these generations.