American members: Do you consider a third world 1st generation immigrant an American?

[KMack]

It takes years to become a naturalized citizen. People go to classes have to take a test to become a citizen. When you pass the test then yes.

[Bobby Martnen]

It depends.

Are they a literate, educated, assimilated, patriotic Jew or Christian? (i.e. Dinesh D'Souza) Then yes.

Are they a barely literate, middle school dropout who follows some strange foreign faith and is more loyal to their birth culture than ours? Then no.

[ChildrenFromTheSun]

I consider any inhabitant of the Americas an American, so yes.

(InB4 triggered United Statesians)

[MysteriousWays]

If a U.S. citizen, then yes.

[idioteque]

If they assimilate properly, yes.

[Bobby Martnen]

Thing is this....at the very end of the day, I put myself in other people's place....try to imagine how I would handle living in a country that was a) corrupt....b)dangerous to my or my children's health....and c) well....a shithole.

Are you the proto-Trump?