> The common consensus is that no one has a right to force themselves on a nation just because it would benefit them financially I am not aware of any such com

> The common consensus is that no one has a right to force themselves on a nation just because it would benefit them financially I am not aware of any such common consensus. You are confusing legality with morality. Interracial marriage was also illegal. Blacks wedding whites was seen as blacks forcing themselves on the white community for their selfish romantic interests.