November 3, 2026
There is an old saying among the pro-immigration faction that says something like, “Immigrants built this country.” That statement is true, to a point.
In the earliest of days before the nation was formed, for some time essentially everyone was an immigrant, except for the Native Americans, or the Indigenous peoples of North America (the Indian tribes).
And, as time passed and things evolved, the nation formed. By then there were many more people who were born here. And, at some point, the number of those born here outnumbered the immigrants, making a country of citizens with immigrants joining them.
Which is not to say that immigrants have not had very positive influences on the United States of America. But their influence ebbed with each new generation of citizens who were born here as their percentage of the productive population waned.
As a side note, former President Barack Obama has been heavily criticized for having said that "Muslims built the very fabric of our nation." But while many would argue about whether Muslims have helped at all, that quote is an exaggeration of his comment. What he actually said was that Muslims had contributed to building the fabric of the nation. How true that is we don’t really know.
The United States still admits immigrants from other countries. And they are in the news. Especially the illegal ones, which are primarily the millions allowed into the country by the Biden administration. These people are supported and defended by many Americans on the political left, while the political right wants those who have broken our immigration laws and other laws to be deported to their home country.
Some of those people have come here illegally from countries that are poverty stricken and dangerous, and have been given much financial support by the Biden administration. And more than a few of them have killed Americans, robbed or assaulted them, sold drugs to them, and so on.
Even if these people had come here legally, following our immigration procedure, their philosophy in many, many cases is not that of someone who would assimilate into the American way of living, working and thinking. And some of them criticize our country.
Some of the immigrants, legal and illegal, encourage us to change things to make them much like the home country they abandoned. If they like those ways so much, why didn’t they just stay there?
And some of them are determined to wreck the country, and are working toward that goal.
A sensible immigration procedure might look like this: The number of immigrants who can enter the country should be limited each year. Those that are granted immigrant status should be chosen from those applying for entry.
They should desire and be able to assimilate into the culture of the country. They should speak English, and be able to earn a living, and contribute something positive to the country. They must become not just a citizen, but an American. Not an American in name only, but an American in their beliefs and love of the country.
After a period of time, they should be judged on the level of assimilation they have achieved, and if that is at a satisfactory level, they will be granted citizenship. If they are admitted and fail to assimilate, they should be sent home.
Immigrants who come to America this way will not be a financial drain on the country, as the millions of illegal aliens who were allowed in by the Biden Administration have been.
Some Americans believe that only those born and raised in the USA should be able to hold public offices that control how we live and what we do, such as the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Having grown up here, they likely have a better understanding of how the country is designed than someone from Cuba, Venezuela, China, Iran, etc. Assuming that their education was delivered by honest teachers, not indoctrinators.
Currently, there several members of Congress that were not born and raised here. And by looking at their performance in that role, that is plainly obvious.
The most well-known of those recently is Somalian-born Ilhan Omar, the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District since 2019. Her family came to America in 1995.
Omar’s situation calls attention to likely problems with not following the existing immigration procedure, or immigrants providing false information to authorities.
There are serious questions about her father being tied to radical Muslim organizations; about her real name and her exact birth year, relative to whether she was an eligible age to become a naturalized citizen; her comments about loving Somalia and wanting to return there; about one of her marriages being with her brother, who now claims to be gay among other items.
If the questions about her father’s connections and about her being an improperly naturalized citizen are true, it paints a bright red warning about the immigration process, or about how it has been mis-handled.
Our country is not starved for living breathing residents. We have lots of them. Therefore, anyone granted citizenship should be someone who can and will contribute positively to the country.
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