If our elites invited in the best available candidates only.. there would be a decent argumetn in favor of immigration. For example if we were getting well educated 20-30 year old Russians, Chinese and Brits.. all eager to live in a free and capitalist society to make their own way in life.. Our nation would be slowly being improved by immigration.. Becoming younger, more intelligent and more freedom oriented.
Our elites don’t want those people.. they want the poorest, least able to assimilate and prosper immigrants. Who will not compete against elite children for the good jobs, and who will demand an expansion of the welfare state.
Worse still, be are importing hordes of uneducated immigrants who may or may not value education as the single best means for their childrens’ success and happiness.
I wish our flood of immigrants were at least educated, literate and ready to work in a corporate work environment. But we are importing low-educated labor. There children are NOT going to do this work. So our current system will require a constant flood of low-educated labor to do “the jobs American’s refuse to do”, while we hope and pray their children assimilate, get educated and contribute to society instead of turning to gangs and crime.