People flee their homeland because of the conditions there – and immediately try to recreate those same conditions here.
What do they gain? I am reminded of our own urban dwellers that flee to the country – and insist that new malls, shopping centers, and every other convenience (and ill) of the city follow them.
Although I believe you are right for the most part, there are some exceptions....people who really do want to live the American dream and strive hard to assimilate into our society.
But! I remember the day I pulled into the parking lot of a grocery store in Santa Barbara. I was shocked to see a man (obviously one of the illegals) walk his kid over to a planter so the boy could pee in it! Right there...right out in the open....not thinking a thing of the fact that it might be offensive. Then I learned that a guy in our neighborhood was renting out his garage to illegals. There must have been at least 10 people living in there...probably more. There is no interest in assimilation and no interest in simple hygiene. The influx of people has also brought an influx of disease. I never use to worry about going into the stores in town, but now there are a number of places you simply avoid.
We have new neighbors out in the country. We were talking about an old one-room school house that we could both see and wondering what was to become of it. I said they were planning on making it a 7-11, she said that would be great! I was joking, she wasn't.