Everyone has a worldview. Therefore, when you allow people to move into your country (legally or illegally) they're bringing a worldview with them. When their worldview does not include ASSIMILATION {
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Ultimately, when a government begins to appease its already begun to lose. The evidence is clear in countries who've been on a long-term losing streak for decades. E.g., "British Government Caught Handing Out Thousands of Hijabs to Illegal Boat Migrants" is the latest headline, and evidence, of facilitating one's own destruction.
It's hard to believe that leaders of countries are so naive about Islam that they don't realize they're importing a 'Build Back Islamic' agenda. At the same time, informed leaders need to realize there's no political solution to a spiritual problem. The very Westerners who fear an unbiblical, 'Christian theocracy' (John 18:36) don't seem to realize they're supporting the importation of an Islamic one, the fruit of which can be clearly seen in countries under Sharia (full or partial) where the immigrants are coming from.
The ultimate solution to Islam is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The dichotomous methods of sharing that with foreigners is from the top-down (theocratically) which is the very thing many people are against, or from the bottom-up (Christian citizens). In America, Christians have the freedom (at least for now) to legally share the Gospel with Muslims, whereas we couldn't legally do so in many of the countries they're coming from. Therefore, NOW is the opportunity to reach them with the Truth.
When Muslims repent (turn from their sins) and put their trust in Jesus Christ they're "born again" (John 3:3), forgiven of their sins, and "become children of God" (John 1:12). I can confidently guarantee you that ex-Muslims make great Christians when their devotion for a lie is redirected to the Truth, and then they are saved and indwelled by the Holy Spirit (John 14:17), neither of which were the case when they were Muslims.
Unfortunately, the average Muslim is much more prepared to hear the Gospel than the average Christian is prepared to share it. There's no excuse (biblically) to not share the Gospel with Muslims. Need resources to help you get better equipped? Our ministry has a TON of resources to help you, because Christians are commissioned to share the Gospel, defend the Christian faith (1 Peter 3:15) and "destroy arguments" (2 Cor. 10:5) and lies, one of which is Islam, and nearly 2-billion Muslims are its victims.
From a political and freedom perspective, want to see Muslims assimilate? The first step may be to share the Gospel with them, because that is what can change their wordview from the one they arrived with to one that allows and results in the assimilation you're hoping for.
The main problems with the statements you're making is the fallacy of equivocation. You're continually switching back and forth from 'culture' to 'religion' while attempting to make your points. For example:
1) "...go to Chinatown and embrace their culture by eating their food."
2) "You just don't like Muslims."
3) "We can all live the American way of life while celebrating and embracing each other's cultural roots."
4) "America has nothing to do with being a Christian," and then the punchline...
5) "You're better off having Muslim neighbors."
Statement breakdown:
1) Cultural (values, customs, behaviours, arts)
2) Religious (system of beliefs, practices & rituals)
3) Cultural (see above)
4) Religious (see above)
5) Religious (see above)
If the major differences are not clear, "Chinese" is not a man-made religion like Islam is, and while Americans have no problem "celebrating and embracing cultural roots" that's different from expecting Americans to 'celebrate and embrace all religions,' especially when the elephant in the room is Islam, which is a religio-political system (religion & political ideology combined), and that sets it apart from all other man-made religions, and from Christianity.
Similarly, even though many Islamic countries are open to people of all races and cultures living in them (especially if they become a Muslim), even those countries do not 'celebrate and embrace all religions,' only Islam.
So perhaps you're thinking, 'that's what makes America so free.' Exactly, America has more freedom than a country under Sharia because it's not under Sharia, nor has it been Islamized to the point of where some other Western countries have been so far.
And when you said, "America has nothing to do with being a Christian," that's true in that you don't have to be a Christian to live in America, but that doesn't change the fact that America's founding documents were based on Judeo-Christian principles, and for anyone who doesn't know, full Sharia (the goal of Islam) is not compatible with the Constitution & Bill of Rights.
Speaking of those founding documents, they are not infringed upon when a Muslim prays five times a day, nocturnally feasts during Ramadan, or makes a trip to Mecca. Those things also do not infringe upon the rights of non-Muslim Americans either. Why? Because they are the religious aspects of Isam that Muslims are welcome to practice in America, however, the political aspects of Islam, and elements of Sharia that affect the lives of non-Muslims, is what freedom-loving Americans have a problem with.
I think if you asked every freedom-loving American to simply & plainly state what, "Assimilate or LEAVE" means to them it would simply be:
In reference to 'assimilation':
1) Embrace American freedom and don't attempt to change it, while celebrating your culture and practicing your religion as long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others.
2) Embrace America's founding documents and don't attempt to change them, while celebrating your culture and practicing your religion as long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others.
And if a person who came into America (legally or illegally) is not willing to do those two things, they should 'leave' and go to a country that already has their non-freedom established for them.
In closing, your last statement of "You're better off having Muslim neighbors" is ONLY possibly true if those neighbors are 'assimilating' (Points 1 & 2) as already described above, and as for your 2016 interview clip of Van Jones, who is not an authority on Islam in any way, when he says, "model American community," the keyword there is 'American,' in other words, those who are are 'assimilating' (Points 1 & 2), because his description of a 'model American community' exists in one place, AMERICA, because the descriptives he gave are certainly non-existent in many countries if you leave America.