Agreed. Immigration to America is a privilege, not a right. And we must have an immigration policy that serves the interests of this country. We will never be able to absorb the billions of people who want to come here. We have to set limits and bring in those people who can best make this nation competitive in the global economy. We don’t need to import poverty and high school dropouts. We have plenty of both at home.
What scares me is you just cited stats that assert we are getting over a million per year in new immigrants. A paper I read by a semi religious org.cant recall who it was that did a real in-depth study suggested that the correct number is really more like 150-200 k per year and for the next few years "0" since we have had such a huge influx. There is no way we can continue to pay for this kind of immigration of people who were not chosen to be here but sneaked in.There are several billion people around the world who would chose to come here if they could.
Not to have a competition to get only the best of those people who would immigrate here is insane.