In theory. In practice I see too many comments that use the phrase ("as an immigrant") as a way to turn their opinion (not always very smart) into some kind of

In theory. In practice I see too many comments that use the phrase ("as an immigrant") as a way to turn their opinion (not always very smart) into some kind of fact. Look at the parent comment, it's not in the form "in my opinion as an immigrant". It's "as an immigrant I can tell you" as if that's something objective. Well, I'm not an American and I can't tell you that. Quite the opposite, in my opinion his comment is rubbish.