>we are a nation of immigrants, and we know that immigrants built this country More precisely, our nation was built by pioneers. When they arrived in the US th

>we are a nation of immigrants, and we know that immigrants built this country More precisely, our nation was built by pioneers. When they arrived in the US they had nearly no welfare programs to draw from. You can have a country with open immigration, and you can have a country with generous welfare, but you can't have both. http://cis.org/Welfare-Use-Immigrant-Native-Households http://cis.org/Welfare-Use-Immigrant-Native-Households