Giving Compass' Take:

• Mike Gonzalez at The Heritage Foundation writes an in-depth opinion on how America can use an inclusive and assimilating approach to the immigration issue.

• How is this research helpful for funders that support immigrants? How can this research be used to change narratives about immigration?

• Here are 5 ways immigration actually enhances a country's culture. 

Is President Donald Trump’s call for patriotic assimilation, which is a part of his immigration package, a step toward totalitarianism and fascism? These are the hyperbolic claims made in a contentious op-ed by Fabiola Santiago, a columnist at the Miami Herald.

Santiago highlighted my own work in this field, citing a 2016 paper. While ordinarily I don’t react to criticism, especially when over the top, in this case a response makes it possible to elucidate some points.

For starters, she’s wrong.

As it is often the case with those whose proposals actually lead to a reduction in our freedoms, Santiago wraps her argument as a rousing defense of liberty: Assimilation would mean “the end of the romantic notion that we are a free people who can speak as we like, feel as we feel, be who we are, without fear of government reprisals,” she writes.

Let me make three points about this.

Read the full article about the real inclusive approach to immigrants by Mike Gonzalez at The Heritage Foundation.