Most of our ancestors arrived as economic refugees; I know that my Dutch, German and Iris ones did!  Trump's German grandfather ended up as a barber once he got here.  Merit, that?  

What is the difference between then and now?  Are only those who have the economic or educational wherewithal those who “merit” coming here?  Are they willing to work in the fields of central California picking strawberries at $5.00- $5.50 per hour plus $1.20-$1.30 a tray subject to quality control acceptance?  To do this, you must be at the bus pickup ay 7:00 am, and they will have you back by about 6:00 pm.  These days you do get water breaks, lunch time, and there are porta-potties - but that's all time you aren't putting strawberries in the tray, of course.  Your call.

This is a threat to what - our way of life, I guess?  Gonna raise the wages until white guys like me come to work the strawberry fields?  Well, maybe if we ever have another dust bowl, the ghost of Tom Joad and all that