Is immigration a cost-effective way to help foreign nationals?
The cost of rendering similar services abroad, such as education and health care, will only be a small fraction of what they cost in the U.S. Roger Winters, Director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, has said that the cost of settling one refugee in the U.S. could cover the expenses of 500 refugees abroad! Also, many foreign nationals, like Nelson Mandela, can do more for their countrymen by staying home and working for change. (By using international pressure, the U.S. helped bring down the racist South-African government, thus helping Mandela become that nation’s leader. Of course, it is no paradise yet in South Africa, but Rome was not built in a day either.) Absorbing billions of people abroad who live in poverty is not a viable solution. American corporations have destroyed poor countries’ environments and exploited their workers. Shouldn’t we therefore allow people immigrate to the U.S. to enjoy the benefits of the U.S. economic policy? Injustices have been done in the U.S. and
The cost of rendering similar services abroad, such as education and health care, will only be a small fraction of what they cost in the U.S. Roger Winters, Director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, has said that the cost of settling one refugee in the U.S. could cover the expenses of 500 refugees abroad! Also, many foreign nationals, like Nelson Mandela, can do more for their countrymen by staying home and working for change. (By using international pressure, the U.S. helped bring down the racist South-African government, thus helping Mandela become that nation’s leader. Of course, it is no paradise yet in South Africa, but Rome was not built in a day either.) Absorbing billions of people abroad who live in poverty is not a viable solution especially when the U.S. is the greatest debtor nation in the world. Furthermore, according to Forbes Magazine’ report released on March 10, 2010, the world’s wealthiest person is Mexican citizen Carlos Slim, and the fourth and fifth richest indi
