[staffordrj]

> An important part of the premise of "Don't Be a Sucker" is that the Hungarian storyteller is an American citizen who followed all the necessary legal processes to gain citizenship.

An important part missing from your argument is a comparison of how difficult it was to gain citizenship then and now.

[zahlman]

No, nothing about the argument considers that comparison relevant. The claim includes a provision that nations are allowed to make the process easier or harder, according to their perceived needs and aims.