First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country.
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Ivan FXS
on May 20, 2007
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A high-profile counterexample is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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I know a lot of English people who become US citizens. Define 'fully integrated', because they are about as darn close as you can get.
They really don't, Ivan, and I might argue that Arnie is not fully integrated into my culture, but I'm not sure that he's outside the realm of what I would call American culture.