Immigration has nothing whatsoever to do with relieving world poverty and could never fulfill such a goal. The primary effect, and perhaps purpose of immigrati

Immigration has nothing whatsoever to do with relieving world poverty and could never fulfill such a goal. The primary effect, and perhaps purpose of immigration (excluding asylum), is to keep labor costs down. One could even convincingly claim that wages, in general, are controlled by immigration and certainly not the "free market". A useful side effect is that it maintains a healthier demographic profile.