Actually when I typed it I was only thinking of State and federal legislatures, The idea that even Dog catchers (excuse me, Animal Control Officers ) are elected in some jurisdictions kind of slipped my mind. But now that you have crawled up my ass in this manner I will address that.
If there were fewer immigrants in the country I might not be out of work for 9 months and counting, but setting that aside, first generation citizens are not familiar with American culture, heritage and often language.
Their butts may be in America, but their minds are still in the "old country", and only God knows where their loyalty lies.
I do not want to hear from elected officials "Well that's not how we did it in the old country". In case you missed that whole "revolution" thing that's the point of being an American. We rejected the oppressive forms of government that had existed prior to the founding of OUR nation, only an idiot or a liberal would want to reintroduce what we've fought wars to reject.