Or they aren't old enough to be cynical yet? I'm 34 now and very pleased to see this change. Yet 10 years ago I was opposite. And on immigration -- the big top

Or they aren't old enough to be cynical yet? I'm 34 now and very pleased to see this change. Yet 10 years ago I was opposite. And on immigration -- the big topic -- as I see more an more things happen, I grow more and more skeptical that countries can sustain huge influxes while maintaining standards. I find this is true, even though I've been directly hurt by immigration law (my wife was denied US status and overstayed a bit; my daughter was indirectly killed by us having to go back to a bad country with poor healthcare). So I'd benefit personally from lax immigration laws, yet I can see it not working out overall. Younger people seem more optimistic and more likely to find these views to be "bigoted" or terrible. I made the same accusations at that age. Edit: If we want to help people in countries that are not doing well (many of them), importing people wholesale isn't the approach. Otherwise we'd just move everyone to the US and immediately solve world war, hunger, etc. If they're not running their own countries well, then better countries should step in and run it for them. If your neighbor comes over claiming his house is too dirty to live in, you should go over and help him clean, not give him your room. National pride aside, I'd bet a lot of countries would welcome becoming a UK, Canada, US, or EU colony. It's not like it's a rule that colonies have to be exploitative.