This is a nice thought, but what of the impact on our society? Who them becomes eligible for all of the social welfare programs that U.S. citizens pay for? I for one would have a problem with someone coming to the U.S. right before they retire - having never paid into social security - and have them beginning to draw benefits from it. I have contributed my entire life and will probably never see a cent of that money due to the out of control spending from our Congress (both sides). I guess my main problem is that we are still a sovereign nation of laws that takes care of its own citizens and currently we are having to support more and more people who are not putting back into the system what they are taking from it. How do we move from this to where your vision takes us to?

@Stephen Galbincea: First of all welcome to my blog and thanks for your long comment.

Let me first point out I am located in Europe. We also have many illegal immigrants coming from the East, Middle East and Africa.

Overall it’s easy to look on the immediate impact of immigration: more costs.

But immigrants also deliver a lot of economic power - and they also want security and insurance for their pensions. Some will pay into local pension systems - some won’t.

But on the other side: the US and Europe send a lot of money to poor countries to stimulate growth and better societies - but on the other side both countries block agricultural reforms - that keeps many of these countries back, because their agricultural societies can’t make any money by exporting their stuff, because we in the west block them.

So immigration is a weird form of foreign aid - we rich people need to take care of these people. We simply can’t ignore their poverty and play unfair games with economics - and them tell them to starve silently outside our rich countries.