Roxana Saberi, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was released from an Iranian prison after being accused and found guilty of spying for the United States government. She was born in the U.S. How did she become a dual Iranian-American citizen? Why is she so focused on Iran?
Recently a dissident, Zhou Yongjun, from the Tiananmen Square demonstrations was arrested in China after being in exile since that event in 1989. Why would he return to a country that sought to arrest him? Zhou was a permanent U.S. resident.
Latinos in Los Angeles have had many demonstrations in support of illegal aliens living here. They demonstrate their love for the U.S.A. by waving the flags of their native countries. Just to tell us they love America they have stickers and banners on their cars that say things like, “I love Guatemala.”
Why are so many immigrants in the United States so focused on their previous home? Further more, why have the children of immigrants been encouraged to focus on the country they left behind?
My grandparents were born in Romania and the Ukraine. I was born in Canada. I am a naturalized citizen of the United States and my focus is on America. After all this is where I grew up and this is my home. If you love those other countries so much why are you living in the United States? After all no one forced you to move here and no one is holding you hostage.
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