Welcome back.
Before the break, we just met a few of the people
who are about to become U.S. citizens.
I sat down with them to talk about
what it means to become an American.
>> Decide to throw a party to celebrate
my fellow soon to be U.S. citizens.
Because the Zardes trans fats
there's nothing more American than a backyard barbecue
called Pinda gonna Charlton Heston.
And says
Oh my gosh how do I feel about the president's bullshit.
It was time for me to talk about my biggest trump
immigrant to immigrant.
>> The whole time I was on a TV show doing Trump jokes.
I was always like I hope he doesn't watch this
because I think.
I think he's petty enough to have going.
What's your favorite thing about America.
>> We're exposed to a lot of different ideologies here.
Man like freedom is based on who you are the ideas
and the knowledge that you are exposed to.
You know it starts to open your mind
to start seeing the world differently.
>> For me it's the waterparks Australia
is a pretty free place.
It's the waterparks a much bigger hey
I think you know somebody like me
I wanted to go to college and I was afforded to get paid
that off you know at the of the bright.
Spots. >> Perfect. As a matter of fact.
>> There's a hell of a lot wrong with the way immigrants
are optimistic about being here and want our voices heard.
The first thing I'm going to do first thing I'm going to do
is I'm going to register your rights and responsibilities
as a citizen like the second or third bullet
points to be an informed voter.
And I think like. Them. Palestinian with a peeping tom.
>> That I lived here before 9/11.
>> Did you find that there was a shift in the way
that people treated you as an immigrant after 9/11.
>> Xenophobia was on tape.
We lived in Texas during the time
and you know the South is a little slower and slower
but that's stupid.
>> So hard to explain to people where I'm from I'm Palestinian.
Where's that Israel. What do you mean.
Oh are you sure you're not Mexican.
And I was not.
And then after 9/11 I was like yeah not Mexican.
They were like No you're not. I know.
>> That's the beauty of America. You can be discriminated against
if you are Muslim or Mexican from your homeland.
>> Do you miss that America doesn't do well at all.
>> For me it's avocado toast and I was eating at work
in honor of my course.
Oh with a hipster food here all my life and you know
I was raised eating avocado and fresh bread the bread
he sucks is fruit Red Sox dry and bread
is so good that bread in America sucks.
>> Want Dileep.
Put that on a bit of and resembled a game
changer game changer. Fantastic but it changed it.
Brilliant. You just put it on sandwiches on a cracker.
>> A lot of people overlook the fact that immigrants
bringing their cultures he is what makes America great.
>> Immigrants create more small businesses
than U.S. born Americans.
One in 10 Americans are employed.
>> By a business owned by an immigrant.
Do you ever get offended or offended at the idea
that immigrants all we do is we come here and we take.
Obviously you're putting as much or more back into it.
>> I feel like American culture wouldn't exist
without immigrants and immigration.
>> Basically unless you are a Native American you know
it's like your family migrated here.
You have no right to to single out people
and call people out for being an immigrant.
>> You always make like the Americans
that are like storage's like I always do
when people were here like my parents.
>> Well I'm half German half Dutch.
>> I'll be honest I once we're all sworn in
I should build the wall right. Pull up the.
>> Know they do build the wall
and I'm going to open up a ladder and ryper store.
>> Dear America we accept the fact
that we have to jump through hoops
to become a citizen of your wonderful
yet sometimes for nice.
But you can see the why you want to see us.
Because what we found out is that each one of us
is a class musician a and.
A non profit sort of got drunk stand up comedian.
Sincerely yours The New Americans club .