>>Could I just ask you, Sam, were YOU born in the USA or are you an immigrant (your name isn't typically American, nor is your writing)? If so, I'd have thought you'd have more sympathy for the immigrants who didn't have your magic ingredient.
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>I immigrated here. And yes I have great sympathy for those who seek a better life. But I also have even stronger conviction about our law.... yes it's corny.

Yes but it all sounds a bit "I'm alright, Jack". You or your parents had, say, political or economic reasons to be allowed in but take some poor Mexican who only has his calloused hands and you'd turn your back on him. It's like me denouncing the practice of allowing S. Irish into England after the Partition. I wouldn't be English.