What future immigration needs to be

I'm married to an immigrant, which may not make me an expert on the subject, but I can speak out with a perspective that many bloggers don't have.

One thing about Mrs. Marathon Pundit--she came from Latvia to be an American. There was recently an article in National Review, in this case regarding Muslim immigrants, that stated that many present day immigrants see America as an opportunity--not as a place to, well, immerse yourself in Americanism.

For the second time in the last twenty-one years, we're reinventing immigration.

This time, we need to insist on what Newt Gingrich calls "patriotic immigration."

If you're coming to America to speak just Spanish, well, stay home--even if you plan to go no further north than Brownsville, Texas. And if you want to install Sharia here, we don't want you.

America is the greatest nation on the planet because of our culture and our love of freedom. Even though we are a wealthy nation, America is not just an opportunity to make a buck.

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