Immigration is primarily a matter of economics.  The whole "Bring me your tired...." poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty is only just that: a poem.  A poem written to generate funds to build the pedestal for the statue.  It has no legal power whatsoever, and liberals reference to it is just more emotion that ignores the reality of the world and the history of US prosperity.

A country with the debt that the US carries has no business encouraging poor people to come here; it's putting the cart before the horse.  The US needs to encourage innovators and business makers to come here and restore the prosperity that this country once had.  Once the US has regained its leadership in the world, it will once again be able to support a more sympathetic immigration policy.