“The purpose of American immigration laws and policies is not to be either humane or inhumane to illegal immigrants. The purpose of immigration laws and policies is to serve the national interest of this country. There is no inherent right to come live in the United States. Nor does the passage of time confer any such right retroactively. Why do people want to come to America in the first place? Because America offers them something that their native countries do not. When you import people, you import cultures, including cultures that have been far less successful in providing decent lives and decent livelihoods. The American people have a right to decide for themselves whether they want unlimited imports of cultures from other countries.”
Thomas Sowell in NationalReview.com
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