"Give me your cold, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to be free". Being an American isn't just about capitalism.
The questions are more like: 1. is this fair? and 2. would the reduction in number of immigrants be harmful to economic growth?
What if there is something deep down, something idealistic like "Equality" and "Freedom" that should actually be a right for every person on earth? That you shouldn't have to have a Harvard education to claim? Isn't the USA the place that promises that opportunity? That you can strive and work hard, and make a better life for yourself and your family?
I'm not saying kick out the doctors and ceos, but being a doctor or ceo should not be the bar for entering the US.
We have a responsibility towards fellow Americans. If the Chinese have a bias against people from their countryside, it’s not up to us to fix their mess. We want people who can come here and contribute, not be welfare for them because their own country isn’t doing the right thing. We would not be doing “the right thing” by Americans if we subsidized this either.
That poem was written one year after the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. We really need to stop using it as justification for anything.