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If we admitted them legally, they will be swarmed by "social" organizations pumping them to ride that gravy train. I have seen it happen.

Some boat people from Vietnam I know said that they were pressed very hard by social services to sign on to everything they could possibly get. They said that they didn't need all that but wondered if they could have some kind of medical insurance for the kids until they got established financially. They were told all or nothing. They said that they came here to be free and declined everything. Their kids are now all grown and every one of them professionals in medicine, finance, and academics. Their motto was "God first, then family, then education."

Interesting story. I once visted an old dilapidated house in Port Arthur which housed FIVE families of Vietnamese. They were saving their money to 1) pay cash for houses (they hate interest!) and 2) send their kids to school.

Every single one of those kids wound up in life sciences (medicine), engineering, or computer science.