While America began as an Anglo-Protestant nation, it has managed to assimilate new groups like the Germans and Irish over time. The process has been so effective that some now see the United States as a land of immigrants capable of adding any and every new arrival into its fold. But many groups are now building resilient enclaves inside the United States, in some cases building giant statues to foreign gods in the public square. Andrew Beck of Beck and Stone joins me to discuss the critical problem of immigration and assimilation in modern America.

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