@longgone I guess that means you want to give automatic citizenship to children of immigrants. What you stated is slightly different, but I’m assuming. I want to help immigrants and treat them civilly also. America does let in millions of immigrants still to this day, and a large number eventually become citizens.
1 in 7 people living in America are foreign born, that stat has been fairly constant for many years. Many of whom become citizens. America let’s in more immigrants than any other country in the world every year by a long shot. I feel like the world has no idea that’s still the case.
Trump has done some horrible things like separating children from parents, and has said some idiotic things about groups of immigrants, but the reality is Latin Americans and people from the Middle East every day are still being granted entry, papers, and are on a path to citizenship.
A friend of mine is Muslim and she comes and goes to vacation here in the US with no troubles.
None of what I said excuses the crappy things Trump has done, but I do think the perception out there might be one-sided because of the reporting.
Most of Europe has much much higher bars to become a citizen than America. America at large realizes most people who come in will stay and should be able to be citizens and to take on the American identity. I think that’s why America historically has been a leader in assimilation.