I've had this very conversation with my son. "What is wrong with the United States's having policies that, first and foremost, benefit the United States?" This leaves open plenty of room to benefit other countries and individual foreigners, but says that, as a nation, we don't have to "give until it hurts" to help the world. (Christians as individuals are called to sacrificial giving, but that's a separate issue.)
My son doesn't have any real arguments, just mumble-mumble, "I'm not sure about that," etc. I think the real point is that he doesn't see any immediate harm to himself in unrestricted immigration, so it's a "free moral good" to him, while personally helping another person would have an obvious cost.
I love the smell of sarcasm early in the morning.
At least the Trump Administration has moved the bar further to the right for the starting position on the coming negotiations on immigration reform(amnesty) being pushed by the usual Senatorial suspects. You know, the art of the deal.
I would like to see the return of quotas by continents. That way the immigrants not only have the ability to help the US but have a good mix, and not just Hispanics and Africans which seem to be the current preference..
Both Houses refuse to represent the voters.
Juan McCain, Linda Graham, Snowey, that crazy Alaskan lady, corn Flakes, the Chamber of Commerce, Big Agra, etc won’t let something like this pass. The cheap labor express must continue, middle america be d!mned.
Here is the next large wave of immigrants coming into the country.
Asian Immigrants in the United States
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/asian-immigrants-united-states/
Because...
Emma Lazarus.
Poems are policy, no?