The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The differences that Rodriguez points out between immigrants and us citizens are the following.
The first one and most important is the US citizens have their rights granted by the Constitution and that is not the case with immigrants. Make them living in the US more difficult. Then, the adaptation factor. It is so difficult for immigrants to adapt to the United States culture and customs. Immigrants always maintain their former country's traditions.
Richard Rodriguez is an American author with roots in Mexico. In 1982, he wrote "Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez."
