第37页 Setting the Stage

A nation of immigrants , he (J.F.Kennedy) argued for an immigration policy that would be generous, fair and flexible and that would reaffirm the Americanstance of openness towards people from all countries.

kennedy的政策方针不愧是学院派，随心所欲，自由主义。
immigration si ,for many, the promise of a more productive life and economic security.
from the immigrant side, it seems quite likely that the emergent suspicions and hostilities expressed in  the US will dampen the promise of immigration to the US for people from countries suspected of harvoring terrorists. 
an immigrant from ghana, for example , whose first name was Mohanmmed, described how the name that he had originally enjoyed when he came to the US, because of its association with the famed American boxer, came to be " not cool anymore" following the September11 
——这个案例好有趣

culture mosaic
Franc has, one writer claimed, a collective amnesia, about immigrants (horowitz1988,322) and the goal is not  to glorify one's origins but to forget them. As a government adviser once stated: "When somebody emigrates, he changes not only his country ,but also his history. Foreigners arriving in France must understand that henceforth their ancesstors are the Gauls"(Fenby 1998, 202).

——永远自大的法国人