When leftists say that we can't discriminate against poor, uneducated immigrants,

I just have to scratch my head in confusion. There is an odd tendency on the left think that poor foreigners are better and purer than well educated people. Somehow those who have done well in their life are not to be rewarded by being allowed to emigrate to the country of their choice and immediately commence to being a productive tax paying worker.

In the leftist mindset, poor people are never responsible for their poverty and successful people are never responsible for their achievements. The individual does not matter, they are all powerless victims, or benefactors of society. Society has its favorites and they are given all the goodies. So if foreigners have already benefited in their home country, it would not be fair to let them in to ours. They are rich selfish pigs. There is no such thing as the greedy selfish poor in the leftist world view.

As a Conservative I believe the opposite is true. In reality, the left disdains the idea of pulling oneself up by the bootstraps. If bettering oneself is not possible in this country then why should we bother to let millions of Latinos in to this country at all? They will not be able to make anything of themselves because society won't let them.