My father came to the USA at age 17 from central Europe in 1935 to escape persecution. He fought in the US Army in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany and participated in liberating two concentration camps in Czechoslovakia. Half his family that remained in Europe did not survive the war. Those that did were "liberated" by Russian troops which was nearly as bad as the concentration camp.
His post war life was dedicated to healing as a medical doctor. . .and supporting the ideals of a free society; opposing both McCarthyism and Communism. What is now going on in American politics, and society in general (on both sides of the spectrum) would have driven him nuts.
What we have today is not what my father fought for back then. What we have today is not what he expected would be he America he left for his grandchildren.