We Can't Assimilate Them All

why are lgbt activists in hamtramck, michigan shocked that their all-muslim city government isn't socially progressive?

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The average American’s conception of immigration, largely informed by the mythology of Ellis Island, tends to look something like this: the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free come to the states not only looking for a better life, but looking to transform — to become American. This is the story of our grandparent…