Americans to Immigrants: Get With the Melting Pot

Americans are fed up with immigrants, illegal or not, that refuse to assimilate into U.S. culture. According to WorldNetDaily:

Two-thirds of Americans believe immigrants should integrate into the U.S. culture, according to a new poll.

The Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 17 percent believe immigrants should maintain the culture of their home country while 67 percent believe newcomers should "adopt America's culture, language, and heritage."


Seventy-nine percent say immigrants should be required to learn English before they are allowed to become citizens. Just 14 percent disagree.

Rasmussen said similar attitudes were found in a February survey showing overwhelming opposition to letting illegal aliens obtain drivers licenses or receive government benefits such as Medicaid.

The now poll also found that 64 percent of Americans believe U.S. schools should teach all students in English. Twenty-nine percent believe some schools should offer courses in different languages.

Broken down by political affiliation, the poll found more Republicans favored cultural integration than Democrats.

Eighty-four percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Democrats say that learning English should be required before citizenship is offered.

Seventy-eight percent of Republicans and 63 percent of Democrats believe that immigrants should adopt U.S. culture.

Today's immigrants want to maintain their culture and language while reaping the benefits of life in America, a place to transplant and replicate their old way of life. During the last wave of immigration into the United States in the early part of the 20th century, immigrants had a different view of coming to America than they do today.

Immigrants coming to America understood America differently than do today's immigrants. They actually wanted to be Americans. Parents discouraged the use of foreign languages even at home and insisted that their children learn and use English and attend school in order to acquire American culture in order to be "real Americans" measured against the standard of the then present culture. America was more than address; it was a way of life and a state of mind.

What happens when immigrants refuse to assimilate? What happens is what our enemies want: "No Assimilation, No Nation."