I was shocked to learn about the attempts in NYC public schools to suppress expressions of culture or ethnicity.  These attempts were implemented to foresee the ultimate goal of Americanizing the children of immigrants. This truth because awareness and acceptance of cultural diversity is now encouraged and emphasized in schools, as evidenced by the pluralism and diversity component necessary to fulfill Hunter’s general education requirements.

Foner discusses the concept of leading a transnational life, an inevitable point considering the fact that one does not instantaneously lose his or her ethnic and cultural identity in a new locale.  Indeed ,an individual retains ties to the people, values, and language around which he or she grew up.  In the past, immigrants remained transnational by physically living in both countries – travelling back and forth – as was the case for Italian immigrants at the turn of the century.  Today, immigrants retain transnational links as a result of increased technological advances.  I use Skype, phone, (and sometimes the post!) to send and receive information and gifts, respectively, from relatives from abroad.

Further, Foner cites in the example of American Indians who watch “full-length videos of weddings” (178); I have done this many times before, and this is the way in which I have become familiar with a large majority of cousins that I have never even met before!  Foner further sheds light upon the fact that many Indians frequently visit – I can attest to this fact, as it is currently summer vacation in India and am thus in the midst of receiving relatives at the airport every weekend.

What are the legal policies that come into play when foreign candidates for office campaign to dual citizens in the United States?