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Carson says immigrants ‘don’t get to change who we are’

Carson says immigrants ‘don’t get to change who we are’

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SPRING ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday he welcomes immigrants to America, but they cannot alter "who we are." The retired neurosurgeon, speaking at a Christian college in his native Michigan, said he wants to preserve the U.S. as "Judeo-Christian." He has blamed political correctness for the fallout over his recent statement against electing a Muslim president, which he later clarified by saying he would be open to a moderate Muslim who d

SPRING ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday he welcomes immigrants to America, but they cannot alter "who we are." The retired neurosurgeon, speaking at a Christian college in his native Michigan, said he wants to preserve the U.S. as "Judeo-Christian." He has blamed political correctness for the fallout over his recent statement against electing a Muslim president, which he later clarified by saying he would be open to a moderate Muslim who d…