However, that is not the solution. We don't seem to able to clearly lay out the American vision (equal opportunity under the Constitution Republic) vs. progressives' guaranteed equal outcome socialism.
Try as we might, US probably needs to go bust in order for every one to ‘learn’ the harsh reality.
Culture matters. A majority of whites from Christian cultures are better able to assimilate and understand what American stands for. On the other hand, a majority of people from Third World and even some successful developing world cultures cannot successfully assimilate and understand what makes America a success (There are exceptions, like Cubans).
A mass of new immigrants and their descendants who cannot culturally become Americans is, of course, what the leftists hoped for when Ted Kennedy engineered a change in immigration policy. Further, it isn’t just that we are bringing in hordes of people who are less likely to be assimilated, we’re bringing in basically hordes of peasants, people with below average intelligence who are more likely to want to be a burden on society.
Even if they succeed, they are people who will have limited success. How many gardeners do we need? How many baby sitters? Many of these jobs could be done by teenagers. Or natives who are underemployed or unemployed and who don’t go on welfare, but who can’t compete with illegals on welfare whose overall compensation is higher than the natives could earn if they only worked and didn’t illegally obtain welfare benefits.
It is, in a phrase, national suicide. That’s what leftists do. They destroy everything they touch. We need to call them out of it.
We have to rein in the welfare state, tighten immigration laws. NO IMMIGRANTS FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES FOR STARTER. Then, focus again on immigrants form nations with a track record for being able to send people we actually need for our economy who can assimilate and culturally become Americans.