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[–] Rpaddymac1 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I have seen the same thing. My wife is Venezuelean, immigrating legally. She has been to a local Latino help facility while trying to sell insurance. She was told by many there, they don’t want to buy life Insurance, they don’t plan on staying forever, they just want to make money to send home to have their adobes built, and then move back and live like the rich. They’re not the least bit interested in being Americans.

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[–] accurite 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I did some work for the last US census in Texas during the last census. I observed that there were two types of Mexican immigrants. Those that were old school and have been here for several decades and the ones from 1990's to present as of last census. The ones that were old school respected the USA and considered themselves Americans and said so to me as I filled out the form. The newer ones did not call themselves Americans but called themselves by their country of orgin. They did not identify with the USA.

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[–] Rpaddymac1 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Where I grew up we had old school Mexican families, you can only tell now by their name or maybe some physical characteristics. Their attitude is purely red, white and blue.