It sounds like you're proud of your country and want it to improve. That's what the SMBC comic is saying is "patriotism". They might have used simpler & fewer words than you did, but that's only to dumb it down so it's easily understood.
macronage
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There is a difference between legal & illegal immigrants. I was talking about legal ones & made no mention of illegal immigration. It sounds like you might be saying that legal immigrants become illegal after some period of time? If that's true in your country, that's fine. But in many countries, people can legally be non-citizen residents for extended periods. In countries without birthright citizenship, their kids aren't automatically citizens.
Intersex- people whose sex at birth isn't clearly male or female
You're looking at one scenario which doesn't come up too frequently, and based on that you've decided that the way your country does it is better. Maybe you're right.
Here's a different scenario where I think the US does it better: when citizenship is only inherited, a person could be born in your country, live their whole lives knowing only your culture, and still not be considered a citizen because their parents were immigrants. Or worse, their grandparents were immigrants. That's a homegrown underclass.
I don't assume that the US has everything figured out, but there's a reason a nation of immigrants values the rights of immigrants.
Many people would consider this civic pride. You don't have to.