my great grand parents came here from Mexico. and LEGALLY became US citizens. my grandfather fought in WW2 and paid taxes his whole life. he never understood Mexicans national pride in Mexico.
"If you loved Mexico so much, you would have stayed in Mexico. The problem is that Mexico is not a good place to live. That's why we all came here. So what are you so proud of? You love Mexico, but you just refuse to live there? National pride begins with the desire to live in the country you're so proud of. If you don't want to live there, you don't love the country."
He didn't win many popularity contests among our family, but he was dead on right, and he was too old and too god damn tired to care what you thought of his opinion.
No one could ever successfully argue against his opinion because there simply was no valid argument against it.