The general idea is that getting out in the first place is rather difficult and that our wealth is so great that we shouldn't hesitate to share it with those who wish to come to the promised land. Of course, the reality is that the promised land is mostly filled with upper middle class people who think donating to charity and not opposing welfare laws is all they need to do to keep America the promised land. Worse is that those upper middle classers think nothing of cutting out the jobs the immigrants would work and fully embrace automation as the way of the future.
America has a massive class problem, and rather than share our wealth and prosperity we pretend that anti-progressive laws that hide how badly our poor populations are doing while still preaching the American Dream (thus encouraging more people to come here and be subjected to horrible living conditions and a shrinking job market that many people supporting immigration are actively encouraging, even making fun of the people who would work those jobs insisting those people should magically get enough money to afford a decent education.)
Don't forget about the crimes against humanity that the United States has committed either, like Operation PBSuccess, where we overthrew a democratically elected official and replaced him with a militaristic dictator because a dictator would suit our interests better. The idea is to own up to our mistakes and not blame nations being placed under a dictatorship supported by the U.S. Military for their problems when WE are the direct problem with these nations.
I agree with America First because we're fully ignoring our class problem. Middle class people complaining about billionaires is hilarious, you folks are so rich you can afford to live in the city in decent apartments. Gentrification is a major issue and even D.C. passed gentrification laws forbidding poor people music from driving away those middle class people who have all the money.
Before we even talk about immigration, we need to fix our class warfare issues and admit we're actively working against poor people and the whole "let the government fix it" attitude that has been adopted ignores the role of the middle class to be passing money down the chain. Shutting retail stores down cuts out the middle man, who are usually poor people who can't get any other job. Smartphones are a luxury, just bragging about how the government gives out free phones doesn't change this... and as more attacks on small businesses happen by creating these independent contractors (even more so allowing megacompanies to get super wealthy by skipping all the laws meant to protect the poor people who actually hold those jobs).
The issue is our greedy middle class and how they'll buy from the cheapest dealer rather than support their local community.
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