My father was one of those poverty stricken losers who came here from Ireland in 1929. He served in WW2 and received no government subsidy beyond social security and VA benefits. Most people who come here are not rolling in the dough back home or they wouldn’t come. That’s most not all.
The bulk of this country is made up of the descendants of poverty stricken losers. The difference is they were looking for a step up not a hand out.
I actually wouldn’t mind illegals if they went the “more American than Americans” route that many previous waves of immigrants pursued. I’d be proud of ‘em.
But that isn’t what they’re doing. They’re not future Americans - they’re invading barbarians determined to impose their cultures and values on us.
My family came here from Ireland in the 1880’s and you are right about no welfare, food stamps etc. However, they LEGALLY came here, paid taxes, contributed to their community etc. Immigrants in the past learned the language, and became fully “Americanized” because they loved this country. They didn’t see it as a sow. There wasn’t joint citizenship either. You were either an American or not. You weren’t an American and a Mexican/Russian/whatever. Perhaps that is why I recently saw a documentary stating that the Irish are an American cinderella story and those immigrants did extremely well over some other groups.