Where does the patriotism lie?

Having seen hundreds of immigrants living and working here in Citrus County, I noticed they are missing something. It is a sense of patriotism, not in their homeland because there seems to be plenty of that. No it seems that there just doesn’t seem to be an over whelming sense of patriotism for the United States of America! I rarely hear of who great they think it is to live here or how proud they are to be in America. Instead their focus is still on being either Mexican or whatever country they are from. In my family history my maternal grandparents would not speak Italian to my mom and aunts because as my grandmother told me, she wanted them to be American (and so they could talk privately behind their back) and not be looked at differently. Today’s immigrant doesn’t think like this, the push to assimilate has gone the way of the wagon wheel. America after two centuries think it’s better to pander to the immigrant population and make forms bilingual! People have even lost their jobs because they didn’t speak Spanish. Will this keep going till English is the minority language? I feel for the most part that today’s immigrant doesn’t believe in constitution. They continue to try to life the life style they did in their home country instead of by the constitution like everyone else has to. Illegal immigrants in large numbers have gotten on our welfare system being the major reason for the growth in the numbers of those who need aid. What happened to the immigrant who struggled to make a better life in this great country? By this you may assume that I am anti-immigrant, I am glad to hear when an immigrant comes here to America and gets citizenship, as long as they did it the legal way! The last time I talked to one who did it legally he spoke pretty good English and was very proud of being here, he had a sense of patriotism that is the kind America has built its sense of freedom on.