The thing is, &quot;protection of US citizens&quot; assumes a lot about what actually happens to companies, and it assumes a lot about what the citizens themselves are doing.<p>First, are you willing to pay $500 more for every product, and $10 more for every meal?  Companies have to compete, and they are responding to what is necessary to survive.  If a company employs 5,000 U.S. citizens and can&#x27;t compete, it may stumble and lay off 1,000 U.S. citizens, or fail entirely and shed 5,000 U.S. jobs, all because it wasn&#x27;t allowed to bring in a few immigrants to grow a little.<p>Entire companies (and successful companies, like Google) have been started by immigrants, creating potentially thousands of jobs for U.S. citizens.  There is no reason to <i>automatically</i> fear immigrants; many of them are brilliant people.<p>A lack of a paid job does not make you a &quot;drain&quot; on society, either!  What about children?  What about volunteer work in communities?  For that matter, I have met some astoundingly lax and irresponsible people over the years that <i>have</i> paying jobs, to the point where I almost thought of them as a net negative to the company.