The American Dream IS the Immigrant Experience #shorts

18 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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A teacher reflects on how his students have shown him that the immigrant experience is central to American identity. His own family arrived generations ago, and he notes that immigrants sacrifice greatly yet often face unwelcoming treatment, which he sees as contrary to American values.

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As I got to know my students better, it just became so abundantly clear to me how important the immigrant experience is to being American. You know, I was, I was born here and it was a couple generations before, you know, my family came over, but people who sacrifice so much to get here and then they land and many times it's a very unfriendly welcome. We're wrong as Americans to be doing that. That much I feel really strongly on. And I understand the politics of the day. You know, a lot of people may think differently or may have some reasons or you know, been told some things about that, but the American experience is essentially an immigrant's experience.