different classes. so it s a republican congressman from ohio is probably going to be more accessible than a bay area congressman, even though they re very different politics. shut the border and let the engine of assimilation, integration, intermarriage work. and i think in 20 years, this is why i m optimistic, long term very pessimistic we d have this experience where if your name s cuomo or giuliani, we can t predict your affinities. short term, we ve got to shut the border and get back to the melting pot and junk the salad bowl. mark: this issue of assimilation, i find that s where it s different. and that s what worries me 20, 30 years out. yeah. mark mark private institutions don t put a push one for english, two for spanish, that sort of thing. we have affirmative action plans in the government. they don t push assimilation. we have it at the state level too. but even more than that, we have