America's Immigration Dilemma

Another anti-American diatribe on immigration by Roger Cohen of the NY Times, 12/30/15.    Mr. Cohen, a British journalist, might at long last give us an unprejudiced appraisal of America and immigration, something that's sorely lacking amongst the dishonest prigs who so often and so merrily criticize the US.   As never before in its history, America's doors are opened wide to immigrants.  Mr. Cohen must have walked through an airport at some point to get here during his visa free travel to visit his daughter in New Mexico.  Most of the taxi drivers out front are from the Middle East or Africa,  and so are many of our TSA agents.  On my family's recent trip from grandma's house in Boston the TSA front line was manned by a Vietnamese.   Throughout the airport the shops and restaurants are run by Asians and Latinos.   Back home, what do my son and his best school friend have in common?  Their fathers both fought the Communists... one in Vietnam ... the other in Eritrea. Their school teachers' would sum of America's dilemma as follows:  we love you Yafeat (my son's friend), you're the kind of immigrant kid everyone envisions when we think of the American dream, but would somebody either find us more money to help these immigrant kids or give us fewer kids to help.