I think you totally misunderstand what the article and people are saying. Thy love the United States, but feel less free and less like they belong because of the discrimination against immigrants today-- just as you would feel if you were in their shoes. As an example, I have third cousins who go to school in Utah. They are part polynesian and mixed, and two of them played football. They are encountering discrimination there. In driving from Salt Lake City into Idaho, they were followed and physically threatened and were uncomfortable in Idaho for the same reasons. Part of it was they looked like they came from the Middle East, but also because there is recently white discrimination against Polynesians. They are comfortable with friends, but see what life on the other side is like in today's political climate, in a place they have lived for a few years.