“legal, vetted immigrants should be welcomed.”
No! That may have been true decades ago, but they are not assimilating as Americans any more. Until they learn to speak the king’s English instead of Pidgin, hire Americans instead of Indian-only employees, and lose the obnoxious arrogance, they need to GTFO and not come back.
Fine, make knowing or learning the English language a condition of legal entry.
There are whole regions of America that are running out of water. Not just the desert southwest Florida & Georgia are in a court battle over the water rights to a tiny stream because both states are running out of water. {