I'm with you on most of this.
Speaking for me, I welcome anyone who wants to come here legally, adapt to our culture, work, achieve the dream. Come on into this great country.
Just don't try to change it.
Deal? Good.
The only constant in life is change, Badge. This country has changed a hell of a lot since 1787. I'd argue a lot of it is what makes this such a great country. I'd argue that some of the things that changed I'd like to see go away. This country's culture changed as new immigrants arrived, and I'm not sure this country would be quite as great as it is if we had the same cultural makeup we had in 1787.
But pretty much everyone who pushed for change, whether they were Mayflower material or whether they were recent immigrants,
were trying to make the country greater (according to their best idea of what makes greatness).
I feel like there are a lot of people who look at the country we have now and say "let's stop here; no more change!" Well, there were people saying that 50 years ago, 100 years ago, and in most ways we're a hell of a lot greater than we were then. A lot of them argued about change about 160 years ago, and you may recall it was a pretty contentious argument. But we hashed it out and became greater.
This country is great, but it is not perfect. We're trying. But you have to allow change to try.