I would make a distinction at a minimum between people who come here without working and people who work. Most immigrants that I know of, across all groups of immigrants, work very hard. Europe has a problem because their political system is not sufficiently robust to absorb those attitudes. Ours used to be. We've absorbed people from all over the world for 250 years. Who became Americans. And we had a constitution that limited the ability of groups to use political power in destructive ways.
Thomas Sowell of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Economic Facts and Fallacies. He discusses the misleading nature of measured income inequality, CEO pay, why nations grow or stay poor, the role of intellectuals and experts in designing public policy, and immigration.