Overall they are using women and children for shields.
But if these people interviewed are telling the truth they don’t qualify as refugees, a job doesn’t qualify for refugee status.
Common sense would indicate you are correct; unemployment, high crime rate, lousy schools, crummy neighbors, etc., ought not be in play. The FDR dems in the 40's didn't even recognize those who were fleeing massacre by their government.
Not sure on what basis we granted entry in the early 1900's but after Obama imported all manner of people and salted them around the country, none of which had any obvious means of contributing to the impacted communitites, it may be a moot point.