I'm not much into family geneaology, but the Internet makes it easy to look around a little and find out about your ancestors.

I found that the earliest direct g-g-g-g-g-g-grandpa of mine to come to this country was David Baird, who emigrated with his family from Dublin to Virginia Colony in 1693. The article where I found that explained that the colonists who came on that ship had to wait for months, and many who wanted to go got rejected and didn't get to come to America.

They had to have the approval of the authorities in Ireland, and they couldn't be running from the law. Also, they had to have skills needed by the colony, or they weren't allowed to come. David Baird started a big farm in Henrico Co. Virginia where the family stayed and raised lots of kids for generations, so I bet he was already an experienced farmer in Ireland.

Point is - America's borders were already being controlled, by the British and the colony authorities, 300+ years ago. This is nothing new, it's always been that way. EVERY country has the basic right and obligation to control its borders and to say that immigration must be legal and according to certain standards.

If a country fails to do that, it'll go downhill in a hurry and finally cease to exist. If we continue to allow unlimited, uncontrolled immigration that's what's going to happen here.