First of all, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen peasant used as a slur with that much venom, so congratulations. There are plenty of children of immigrants in this country who want to slam the door shut behind themselves. Always have been, always will be. The immigrants I see around me work hard, do their jobs well, and contribute enormously to the economy. Perhaps the immigrants that you see in upvoted r/the_donald stories behave differently.

First, we do not use bad poetry added to the base of the Statue of Liberty 20 years after the fact as a fundraiser as a substitute for actual immigration law that elected representatives have voted on.

Second, every single immigrant who arrived at Ellis Island was inspected. They were not admitted if they failed health examinations, or if they did not have proof of either a financial sponsor or sufficient funds to support themselves.

Third, if the US economy reverts to a situation where masses of unskilled laborers can meaningfully contribute, and there is no welfare state that pays people for not working, you'll be the first to know.

Law is not morality. I know that, you know that, evidently the high ups in the Republican Party who hire teams of illegal immigrants in their personal lives know that. People who think law is morality castrated Turing because it was the law, stone victims of rape to death because that’s the law, turn in escapes slaves because that is the law. I don’t associate with them.