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> the consternation from fellow foreigners

What are "fellow foreigners?"

My late grandmother, who came to the US from county Kerry as a teen, often decried all "the foreigners" she encountered here.

My in-laws who both came here from Bavaria in their 20's, on the other hand, always considered themselves "foreigners."

My Italian-American buddy from Trenton, who was born here, talks about growing up with "American kids" as friends.