Explain the term "nation of immigrants," including why the term may be somewhat misleading.

It is a peculiar and paradoxical phrase. A “nation,” as generally understood, is a tribal, ethnic, or historical group. In the era of the American Revolution, a nation, a people, a tribe, and a race were often interchangeable terms. Nation, as the word is usually used by scholars, often retains some of that heritage. Hence a noted academic like Ernest Gellner could write in his book Nations and Nationalism (1983) that “nationalism uses the pre-existing, historically inherited proliferation of cultures or cultural wealth.”

Nationalism presupposes some sort of historical unity. Meanwhile, immigrants are people who come from somewhere else to settle.

I think that the correctional system should be primarily rehabilitative however I still believe that individual confinement is important. By implanting a rehabilitative system i think that  there is a lower chance of repeat felonies. Another issue that would be addressed with a rehabilitative program is wrongful imprisonment such as in situations where the supposed criminal was framed. The punitive correctional system has ancient statutes and is not up to date with the more open minded thinking of today.