what do you think emigrant people should know about american life?
958720
Many countries have people who speak English for the benefit of tourists. Emigrants need to learn the language of the country they plan to live in. You should have some skills or a trade that will lead you to employment. Find out where other Nationals of your home country have settled. Having other emigrants from home will help you get started where ever you locate. Find some one who has made the trip for a pen pal on the Internet to help you integrate into your new society.\nGood Luck
168644
I'm proud to be a born an raised American. We stand up for ourselves not blowup ourselves. We educate our children not kill'em. We all live on the same planet an someone has to make sure YOUR kids have a world to live in. America is the land of free and opportunity. All the immigrants here can't complain, I mean come on...After all, they left their country to come to the States. U.S.A. ROCKS THE GLOBE!!
406441
If they want to be Americans BE AMERICAN.
989076
I think they should learn English AND EARN their citizenship.  My Mother in Law is an immigrant, and she WORKED to become an American Citizen.  It's a slap to her and others who have worked hard to become citizens.
763530
It should be mandatory in order to prove your sincerety. Assimilate or get lost... You wanna have a better life ??? PROVE IT !!!!! What a great idea.... Solves so many problems simply !!! Those sincere should be afforded the express lane( citizenship ) for their willingness to support their new home. No more than right !!! Those that disappear when the announcement is made, well, we pretty much know where they are coming from...Forget the wall, we would no longer need it.....
60260
I believe most Americans do like immigrants after all that is what our country was founded on.  What Americans do not like is people (immigrants if you will) that abuse the welfare system.  I say don't come if you can't pay your way.  And learn the language please.
1130817
I totally agree with Angela and Monica. Americans talk about immigrants like Hitler and the Nazis did about the Jews immigrants come to the U.S. in search of a better life and all the bad things you hear about immigrants like them not paying taxes or being lazy an uneducated are lies I came to the U.S with my family when I was 7 at the moment I'm 13 my dad always pays his taxes on time and he works extremely hard he leaves at \n7 a.m. and comes back at around 10 p.m.and the thing about us being uneducated that's a lie and Americans you complain but as I recall you stole this land from people who already lived here you stole their land exploited and killed them and one more thing some Americans think that just because an immigrant comes to this nation he can't love his homeland and his flag to those people I say \nVIVA MEXICO AND THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
534471
marry an american or get born-again there
613760
If you would like to ultimately become an American,you should try to legally migrate to the US.
1052294
Ancestry.\nA some point thier parents came here, and the attacks are not only on real issues but on thier culture, like the english only farce\n\nThis is lost on Anglos, they want to forget the ship that brought thier grandpappys\n\nBesides if you believe in the american dream, then bring us your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to be free...\n\n\nand i believe in Immgration reform and better border security.
422145
It started off nice but toward the end, the last comment I have to disagree. I think even though someone is from another country its good to learn the English language but a person should not be forced to one language or to change what one believes in. When a person is diverse, it breaks down racial and ethnic barriers. We should show loyalty to our country but this country does not solely run  on its own. This country also depends on foreign imports and exchanges for goods and products. We should have loyalty to whom God has said "Love Thy neighbor as you would yourself". God did not specify that you had to American to apply this to your life. There are plenty of people that were not born in America that have made great contributions to this country that we all benefit from.
441648
Send $100 every month to me.\n\nseriously though...\n\n#1: Think globally, act locally.  Besides being a bumper sticker this is actually really good advice.  Make sure that the people in your neighborhood and community are taken care of before you go into the next community that isn't doing what you think it should.\n\nIf everyone did this today we would have world peace tommorow.\n\n#2: Learn to live on what you need and not so much about what you want.  Living in America especially gives us a sense of entitlement to certain things, cars, houses, electronics, fancy clothes, etc.  This things are all well and good but we need to find a way to spread the wealth.  \n\nAmerica holds a grotesque percentage of global wealth and even within America a tiny portion of the population holds over 90% of the wealth of the country.  Not cool.
782775
The only prerequisite that you have to meet is to be a born or naturalized citizen. Other than that, there are MANY ways to be a "true American".
976981
I am not clear what exactly you want to know. My view on citizenship of America is that it is the best place to live and it is very hard to get the citizenship of US for an outsider.
655407
Being PROUD to be from this GREAT country, willing to put your life out there,  so we ALL (future people too) can live with all our FREEDOM'S, LIBERTY'S, JUSTICE & OPPORTUNITY..We American's also have freedom of religon, GREAT, you can be Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim who cares which, that's your freedom & you shouldn't be killed for your belief's..I for one, will do anything necessary to keep these privilages for my & all your children & future generation's in AMERICA.....GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!
676155
I'll continue life as usual. Clean my own home. Mow my own lawn. Cook my own meals. People who are not accustomed to doing for themselves the things that they are currently hiring illegals to do for them do not have one drop of my sympathy. Businesses want to leave? Let them. Agriculture can return to American families...where it belongs. Americans will have to do their own dirty work, and there's nothing wrong with that. Civilizations crumble when too many of their citizens do too little for themselves. Make yourself useful and productive or no one will need you.
669498
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being\nan AMERICAN in 1907.\n\n"In the first place, we should insist that if the\nimmigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an\nAmerican and assimilates himself to us, he shall\nbe treated on an exact equality with everyone\nelse, for it is an outrage to discriminate against\nany such man because of creed, or birthplace, or\norigin. But this is predicated upon the person's\nbecoming in every facet an American, and nothing\nbut an American...There can be no divided\nallegiance here. Any man who says he is an\nAmerican, but something else also, isn't an\nAmerican at all. We have room for but one flag,\nthe American flag... We have room for but one\nlanguage here, and that is the English language...\nand we have room for but one sole loyalty and that\nis a loyalty to the American people."\n\nTheodore Roosevelt 1907