Amid rising nationalist sentiments across the United States and swirling controversy over a refugee ban and travel suspension from a swath of the Muslim world implemented by the Trump administration, a bloc of Americans is citing place of origin and religion as core to national identity, a recent research survey finds.
The Pew Research Center report shows that roughly a third (32%) of people in the US believe it is “very important” to be Christian to be considered “truly American.” The same number believes it is critical to have been born in the US to be identified as an American.
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