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Have you considered the possibility that they are seeking to leave said corrupt nations for a better life?

Interesting. Robitaile's comment presumes that US policy should favor Americans over immigrants, and your comment suggests it should serve immigrants over Americans.

I'm curious. Are you aware of any country on the planet that follows your line of reasoning?

I think you are presuming what he meant. Can you really declare a single individual moving from a "corrupt" country as being corrupt just because they are from that country? So his argument is that maybe they are seeking to leave it BECAUSE it's a corrupt country.

Corruption is the norm in most of the world. Does that entail that US legislators should allocate limited resources like US jobs by favoring the needs of peoples who 'have worse living conditions' or 'have more unjust governments'?

I can't see this as a plausible rally cry coming from many Americans, especially those who've traveled our backroads in the past 20 years and seen the decrepit state of small town USA. They want those jobs.

I'm sure they are. That doesn't really change things, though.

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