Immigration has become a central topic in the 2016 presidential elections, in no small part due to GOP nominee Donald Trump.
It's an issue that hits home for Nick Adams, an Australian-born author and commentator who is “dedicated to promoting American exceptionalism and combating anti-Americanism worldwide” — and has even become an honorary Texan in the process.
Though Adams may not have been born in the U.S., his love for America would certainly match that of any natural born patriots:
Adams, who's the executive director of The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG), has been very vocal in espousing his belief that — as a “values-driven” country — the U.S. should “stay true to the principles of its founding: freedom, liberty, democracy, opportunity, justice, and bravery.”
It was an idea that he doubled down on in an interview shared by “Fox & Friends” Friday morning, saying:
"The day that anyone is born in the United States of America is the day that they won the lottery of life...
If people are going to come to America, they've got to become American. They've got to contribute, they've got to participate.
They've got to fully embrace the United States of America, the existing values, traditions and customs that drew them here in the very first place."
Adams's words are a reflection of the GOP nominee's proposal for “a new screening test to admit only those who support U.S. laws and values,” which he suggested in August.
The proposed process — which Trump referred to as “extreme vetting” — would seek to weed out any immigrants that harbor “any hostile attitude towards our country or its principles, or who believed sharia law should supplant American law.”
In announcing the policy, the Republican presidential candidate added:
“Those who do not believe in our Constitution or who support bigotry and hatred will not be admitted for immigration into our country.”
As “Fox & Friends” notes, Adams believes that “Trump is absolutely right,” and that “it should be mandatory for immigrants to learn English and embrace American values if they want to become citizens.”
Trump and Adams certainly don't appear to be alone in that belief:
It's not only a few on social media who believe this, either.
A Morning Consult survey from mid-August revealed that 61% of “immigrants, or children or grandchildren of immigrants” in the U.S. also supported Trump's proposed ideological test, with an overall 62% of registered voters feeling the same way.
It appears that — at least among these immigrants — Trump's “extreme vetting” proposal isn't so extreme, after all.
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