Howey
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a. Earlier American presidents, Republicans and Democrats alike, agreed on two basic goals: teach the newcomers English and make them Americans. The clear aim was to strengthen our national identity--to reinforce the unum in e pluribus unum--by assimilating the new arrivals into American civilization.
Since the bolded highlights above are incorrect, I see no need to read the remainder of your fear mongering insanity.
First, we Americans were the first illegal immigrants. If your premise was true, we'd be speaking Navajo or some other native language and following their practices, religious and otherwise.
Secondly, we don't "make them Americans". They do that on their own. As one generation moves on to a newer one and so on, the children of those generations inherit both the traits of American life and language, but can and should retain the core of their own nationality. Just like you and I do ours. Many of our religions and ethnicities still employ practices handed down from their forebears.
What happened when our earliest settlers refused to adopt the ways of the original inhabitants of our land? Those original inhabitants were herded off to far away land or killed in masses. Let's not repeat the mistakes of our forebearers, let's learn from them.
Finally, your definition of e Pluribus Unum is horribly incorrect and more indicative what I taught you above. Educate yourself.
The center section of this shield has six symbols for "the Countries from which these States have been peopled": the rose (England), thistle (Scotland), harp (Ireland), fleur-de-lis (France), lion (Holland), and an imperial two-headed eagle (Germany).
Linked together around the shield are 13 smaller shields, each with the initials for one of the "thirteen independent States of America."...
Thomson explained that the motto E pluribus unum alludes to the union between the states and federal government, as symbolized by the shield on the eagle's breast. The thirteen stripes "represent the several states all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a Chief, which unites the whole & represents Congress."