> Bringing people to a foreign land does not really help them that much What is this claim based on? It's very hard to believe that Somalis or Syrians, for exa

> Bringing people to a foreign land does not really help them that much What is this claim based on? It's very hard to believe that Somalis or Syrians, for example, or any of the hungry, tired and poor who emigrate to the U.S. aren't far better off. It helped my ancestors immensely; our family is immeasurably better off than those left behind, who probably are wiped out and almost certainly not up to our standard of living.