[watermelon59]

My own anecdote as an immigrant is that I've always felt welcome here and have always been well treated, respected, and valued.

Totally different route of course, but same deal in terms of falling in love with the country. This is really home for me. America has given me much more than my birth country ever did, and my birth country was on multiple occasions a lot of more hostile to me, a citizen, than America has ever been to me as a non-citizen.

I'm currently seeking citizenship and have no qualms about swearing to uphold the Constitution and to defend the country if called to it.

[aduitsis]

Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

[nhnhhnl]

What is your country of origin? Seems relevant.

[watermelon59]

Brazil.

[da39a3ee]

If you find US border guards welcoming to foreigners then that doesn't speak highly about the standards of friendliness in your country of origin.

[adventured]

> If you find US border guards welcoming to foreigners

The parent comment said absolutely nothing about border guards.

[da39a3ee]

Ah, yeah, I guess, But the story involved a man being found in an airport (probably in a zone of unclear immigration status) and being surrounded by police and FBI/CIA etc. So it makes one think of men with guns in American airports being unfriendly.