Counterconjecture: Immigrants have always been shat upon in the US (after the first few waves, to be sure), so the closer you are to the 0th generation of a fam

Counterconjecture: Immigrants have always been shat upon in the US (after the first few waves, to be sure), so the closer you are to the 0th generation of a family, the more adaptation you've had to do in the same environment as those from more established families, and thus are better equipped to solve the problems of a society because you haven't been conditioned to ignore the problems yet (or they don't affect you).