You didn’t bring them up. I did. They are a group of immigrants who were undeducated, unassimilated adults. Yet in my calculation, they didn’t seem to harm the country. The people coming in through family reunification are similar in their background and I haven’t seen them harm American society.

In the past, an endless supply of immigrants came from different countries with differing values. Did that cause lasting problems on America then. Today, there are even more countries represented but today, there aren’t open borders. Do the immigrants from the newly represented non European countries have values that are radically less aligned with American values than the values of European immigrants of the past?


But enough of this. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Correct me if I’m wrong. You seem to be saying that people who come here through family reunification will have a harder time assimilating. That seems reasonable. However, I’m having a hard time understanding how this will have a long term negative impact on society. Because even though we may have to use some of our resources to help assimilate them, we will also have a productive person who has had their educational experiences as well as their developmental stage paid for by a foreign government. And because of this, I believe that immigrants, even adult ones with limited skill, can still be useful to America.


I want to answer your question. However, I don’t know why the laws are “flimsy” and I don’t understand how one can understand the level of immigration “that was intended”.