But to become a citizen of the United States. you must become an American. We dont want to lose that. That should be the central focus of any immigration debate on the floor of the Senate. I was in Rome last week. and I visited with our Ambassador to Rome. who is the grandson of an Italian immigrant. He said they have formed a council there in Italy to try to deal with the problem of how do you become Italian because Italy needs more people. It has a population of 58 million. the second lowest birth rate in Europe. the largest percentage of elderly. 2.9 million legal immigrants. over 500.000 illegal immigrants. increasingly Muslim. A large number of Muslims-.5 millionwho live there dont feel they are a part of Italy. If Italy doesnt have people coming from other countries. the number of people who live in Italy will go down and down and so will their economy.
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Muslim immigrants don't feel part of Italy.