I moved to the United States from Russia half of my lifetime ago and became a naturalized citizen 15 years later. The naturalization ceremony was a moving experience. The largest auditorium of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, was filled with a thousand people from 90 different countries. I could not help admiring my newly adopted country, which was opening its doors to people of so many
... [Show full abstract] diverse backgrounds while asking them for allegiance not to the ruling party or the ethnic majority but to the Constitution, which equally protects the rights of everyone.