Quote:In a land of immigrants, how does one assimilate exactly? How long does one have to assimilate? Do previous homeland customs have to be stopped. I'd like to see the list of required assmilation requirements.

How about...

Go to work. Pay your bills. Don't break laws. Is that good enough...although many homegrown people don't follow those three simple steps.

the last immigrants assimilated, italians made restaurants and ran business.  Irish become cops and workers.  I don't think its something that should have to be forced, people from a foreign land coming to a new land they want to call home should want to assimilate.  Assimilation does not mean turning your back on your culture, it means adding to your culture and adopting parts of the new culture.  Don't break laws is my biggest prerequisite for assimilation.  You come here and break laws you can go back where you came from.  

 

Quote:Is it me, or are Muslims like the new Jews of the 21st century?

Except the jews didn't really have a reason to be attacked whereas the majority of large scale attacks and uproar are from muslims.  Many of which refuse to adopt the rules of law in favor of their holy prophets teachings.

 

Quote:Why should a US immigrant not assimilate?

Any immigrant should assimilate.  They came where ever they are for a reason, sometimes the reason is the place they came from has gone to hell.  Shouldn't they want to assimilate

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