Right. It's not all government-subsidized "cheap" labor for U.S. business. Lots of do-gooders as well as globalists, both Republicans and New Democrat Third Way "progressives," have committed the U.S. to "raising everyone's boat" and remittances are very important to developing countries.
It seems to me that the amnesty argument that tends to dominate is mute and proponents of migrant labor (ILLEGAL or "guest") know it and have no plans for amnesty -- but the issue obscures their real purpose. To wit, transferring wealth to developing countries. For world peace, I guess.
We're behind the times and they're not. We're Americans and they are post-Americans. You can see them and vote for them but they cannot hear us through the time barrier.
Center for Immigration Studies’ Mark Krikorian defines "post-American" and how they feel about their America.
"[T]he emotion resembles the attachment one might feel to, say, suburban New Jersey -- it can be a pleasant place to live, but you’re always open to a better offer. The post-American has a casual relationship with his native country, unlike a patriot…Put differently, the patriot is married to America; the post-American is just shacking up."