[EyeGuy]

"Many Americans - perhaps out of understandable and well-meant empathy for the dispossessed who toil so hard for so little..."

For many on the Left, I sincerely doubt that it is empathy, more like a calculated strategy to add to their voter base. Besides, my understanding of empathy is that the empathisizer have some first-hand understanding of the plight of the unfortunate. Most liberals are very well-fed.

More importantly, the largesse of the United States can only go so far; we are not a bottomless well of economic resources for the "dispossessed". Our refusal to enforce existing border and immigration law allows Mexico's corrupt economic and political system to not only continue, but to flourish, leading to still more, ah dispossession. Reminds me of our massively failed welfare system, except that at least these people are willing to work.

[dljordan]

"For many on the Left, I sincerely doubt that it is empathy, more like a calculated strategy to add to their voter base."

I respectfully disagree with you. Some high level strategists may see it that way but Joe Blow Progressive really "feels" for these people. They're starry eyed and utopian in their outlook and have "Kumbaya" on constant replay in the back of their minds. These folks really do think with their "feelings" and believe borders and sovereignty are an anachronism. They want to help their fellow man and feel good about themselves in the bargain, unless of course you're a conservative or religious person and then they wouldn't have any compunction about shipping you off to the camps.