At various times, nations have risen to be the engines of civilizational advancement. The Chinese, Indians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans have all had their day. In the last few hundred years, western Europe has been the region of leadership. A dawn light in the Renaissance burst into a full day with the Enlightenment. Britain became the great leader, partly because it eclectically adopted good ideas and practices from other nations and used them in freedom. The United States carried the torch on when the greatest empire in history, the British Empire, lost its heart.
A multi-ethnic nation, speaking the extremely agile English language and upholding the values of freedom, the rule of law, and common sense has risen above all others - despite set-backs and sabotage - to lead the human species forward.
Ann Coulter writes at Townhall:
Our immigrants are raping children, running vast human trafficking operations, performing bizarre Santeria rituals, committing complicated credit card frauds and stealing billions of dollars from U.S. government programs. Not exactly de Tocqueville’s America. …
More likely, conservatives are embarrassed about the fact that Western culture is so vastly superior to every other culture in the world, and their praise for immigrants is how they give a little pat on the head to people from the inferior cultures. Good job, Zippy. We’re all proud of you.