Mexicans illegally cross the border to find jobs. there are obviously still jobs available. The impact of PanAsians on the job market has been. so far as can be determined. negligible. Yet the resistance to these new immigrants is increasing. The mainstream of America still seems willing to extend a helping hand to individual refugees and immigrants. yet. as a class or group. the immigrants are spurned. There are countless theories about the growing resistance to immigration. and I will offer what seems to be a growing consensus: dwindling resources of our society are making it more and more difficult to be generous. Perhaps the test of a nations character lies in its willingness to extend a hand when times are bad. since it is easy to be generous when there is plenty. If that is an accurate test of our Nations character. then perhaps we are failing the test.
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