&gt;America is already pretty anti-immigration<p>Of the larger economies, America accepts more immigrants than anyone else, even the &quot;progressive&quot; countries.  It&#x27;s among the top 5 countries in terms of percent immigrants as part of the population, not counting places like Bahrain who have migrant laborers.  Can you imagine if millions of people who earn less than USD 5,000&#x2F;year tried settling in Mexico, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Thailand?<p>Can you imagine how &quot;anti-immigration&quot; they would be?