Re: Once and future immigrants
As Larry points out, I don't recall ballots having to be printed in German, Gaelic, Italian, Polish, and Hebrew. I must have missed the German bilingual classes in public schools. I don't remember colleges adding admission points for being Italian.
There is a big difference between immigrants enjoying and preserving the good parts of their own cultures--which as you say, adds to our diversity and strength--and demanding that the rest of America conform to it. The old immigrants came to stay. A lot--certainly not all, but a lot--of the new ones just seem to be renting space here.