"Cooper said the United States is drowning in debt and should only welcome immigrants the nation can afford. “Can’t everybody in the world live in America,” he said. “We’re putting ourselves into the poorhouse.”"

Agreed. That's why it's important to filter immigrants by level of education, motivation to self-support and willingness to assimilate and appreciate our laws and values. If not, then eventually larger parts of our country will morph into  areas with the same problems the immigrants escaped from, including high crime rates, poverty and increased demand on government resources.