As a Swiss - thank you for seeing it like this! I do think that Switzerland in general should be more welcoming to immigrants, but at the same time I'd say that

As a Swiss - thank you for seeing it like this! I do think that Switzerland in general should be more welcoming to immigrants, but at the same time I'd say that the somewhat more forceful stance towards integration has proven more successful compared to what's happening in neighbouring countries. Being treated with the same harshness as Swiss treat other Swiss can be quite shocking at first, especially compared to the warm welcome extended in many other cultures, the US included - but at some point you start appreciating it. I've also been in Japan now for years and I'm well aware of the fact that I could never fully integrate here, while vice versa this is luckily not true for my Japanese wife in Switzerland.