Over the nearly 15 years I've practiced immigration law, I've heard prejudiced statements - from my own clients - that would fit right in to what we've been hearing over the past 2 years.
A Turk self-righteously complained to me once about all the "black guys smoking weed" across the hall.
A Ghanaian who assured me that another Ghanaian was lying because she could tell the man's tribal affiliation from the shape of his head.
A Congolese miffed when I asked which Congo she was from.
A Bolivian mestizo complained about a fellow Quechua Bolivian: "They always victimize themselves."
So STOP IT.
The Latino who responded to my broken Spanish in broken Urdu.
The Ghanaian who couldn't stop talking about Afghan kabob.
Stop thinking that your lengthy wait to bring your fiancée over gives you a soapbox to decry illegal immigration.
Stop blaming other immigrants and put the blame where it belongs: on the system.
I hope you'll help.
If we are successful, that would be one American ideal I wish we'd export.