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Here's my question - how are today's immigrants any different from the ones 100 years ago? In my mind, other than their country of origin, they aren't.
If you ever get the chance, you should look at examples of journalism from the 1890's and 1900's, especially from the Northeast. With the exception of inclusion of the illegality of some immigrants, the arguements for and against immigration haven't changed.
I think that I need to point something else out. In the OP and in several other posts, there's been a lot of absolute language used. It's pretty rare that "all" immigrants or "everybody" has the same experiences. Most immigrants may have common experiences, but certainly not all.
NG - with your objection to what you think immigrants are doing now (setting up their own banks, stores and enclaves), that's been happening for hundreds of years. I grew up about a half mile from a predominantly Greek area in East Tennessee that still has lots of Greek shops. I live in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago that's been a Swedish enclave for about 75 years. I love going to Chinatown for Sunday brunch, and a couple years ago my wife and I spent 2 days poking around Chinatown in San Francisco as tourists. There's nothing new at all about these concentrations of ethnicities, and frankly it's one of my favorite things about big cities, but it's a trend that has spred to the countryside to an extent.
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