Saritha Prabhu: Constant influx of immigrants is the 'American experiment'

This country has always had a constant stream of immigrants; those coming now are making more dramatic changes than in the past. They are all very hard workers, just like in the past and will assimilate just as well.   - - Donna Poisl

Written by Saritha Prabhu

America is at the beginning stages of changing from a majority white, Protestant nation to one that is majority nonwhite, non-Protestant. What does this mean for the nation and its people?

The villain in this story is apparently the 1965 Immigration Act, which opened the floodgates to immigrants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. As a result, we now have a polyglot nation, comprising many races, ethnicities and religions.

First, it is perhaps natural for those who have been here several generations to look at the changing country and experience some angst. One world, one people sounds good in theory, but tends not to play out neatly on the ground.
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