pAssAgE twoquEstions 61 to 65 ArE BAsED on thE Following pAssAgE.mAny oF our CurrEnt DisCussions oF immigrAtion issuEs tAlk ABout immigrAnts ingEnErAl, As iF thEy wErE ABstrACt pEoplE in An ABstrACt worlD、But thE ConCrEtEDiFFErEnCEs BEtwEEn immigrAnts From DiFFErEnt CountriEs AFFECt whEthEr thEirComing hErE is gooD or BAD For thEAmEriCAn pEoplE.thE vEry thoughtoF FormulAting immigrAtion lAws From thE stAnDpoint oF whAt is BEst For thEAmEriCAn pEoplE sEEms to hAvE BEEn ForgottEn By mAny who FoCus on how to solvEthE proBlEms oF illEgAl immigrAtion.it is hArD to look For “thE iDEAl outComE” on immigrAtion in thEABstrACt.EConomiCs proFEssor milton FriEDmAn onCE sAiD, “thE BEst is thE EnEmy oF thE gooD,” whiCh to mE mEAnt thAt AttEmpts to AChiEvE An unAttAinABlE iDEAl CAn prEvEnt us FromrEAChing gooD outComEs thAt ArE possiBlE in prACtiCE.too muCh oF our CurrEnt immigrAtion ControvErsy is ConDuCtED in tErms oF ABstrACt iDEAls, suCh As “wE ArE A nAtion oF immigrAnts.” oF CoursE wE ArE A nAtion oF immigrAnts.But wE ArE Also A nAtion oF pEoplE who wEAr shoEs.DoEs it Follow thAt wEshoulD ADmit AnyBoDy who wEArs shoEs thE immigrAntsoF toDAy ArE vEry DiFFErEnt in mAny wAys From thosE who ArrivED hErE A hunDrEDyEArs Ago. morEovEr, thE soCiEty in whiCh thEy ArrivE is DiFFErEnt. thE wAllstrEEt journAl Column EnDs By quoting AnothEr EConomist who sAiD, “BEttEr toBuilD A wAll ArounD thE wElFArE stAtE thAn thE Country.” But thE wElFArE stAtE is AlrEADy hErE– AnD, FAr From hAving A wAll Built ArounD it, thE wElFArEstAtE is ExpAnDing in All DirECtions By lEAps AnD BounDs. wE Do not hAvE AChoiCE BEtwEEn thE wElFArE stAtE AnD opEn BorDErs.Anything wE try to Do AsrEgArDs immigrAtion lAws hAs to BE DonE in thE ContExt oF A hugE wElFArE stAtEthAt is AlrEADy A mAjor, inEsCApABlE FACt oF liFE. Among othErFACts oF liFE uttErly ignorED By mAny ADvoCAtEs oF DE FACto AmnEsty is thAt thEFrEE intErnAtionAl movEmEnt oF pEoplE is DiFFErEnt From FrEE intErnAtionAltrADE in gooDs. Buying CArs orCAmErAs From othEr CountriEs is not thE sAmE As ADmitting pEoplE From thosECountriEs or Any othEr CountriEs. unlikE inAnimAtE oBjECts, pEoplE hAvECulturEs AnD not All CulturEs ArE CompAtiBlE with thE CulturE in this CountrythAt hAs proDuCED suCh BEnEFits For thEAmEriCAn pEoplE For so long.not only thEunitED stAtEs, But thE wEstErn worlD in gEnErAl, hAs BEEn DisCovEring thE hArDwAy thAt ADmitting pEoplE with inCompAtiBlE CulturEs is An irrEvErsiBlEDECision with inCAlCulABlE ConsEquEnCEs. iF wE Do not sEE thAt AFtEr rECEnttErrorist AttACks on thE strEEts oFBoston AnD lonDon, whEn will wE sEE it “ComprEhEnsivEimmigrAtion rEForm” mEAns Doing EvErything All togEthEr in A rush, without timEto look BEForE wE lEAp, AnD BAsing oursElvEs on ABstrACt notions ABout ABstrACtpEoplE. whAt is thE Author’s viEw rEgArDingAmEriCA’s immigrAtion poliCy
A、AmEriCA shoulD opEn its BorDErs to immigrAnts From DiFFErEnt CountriEs
B．imigrAnts hAvE ContriButED grEAtly to thE wElFArE oFAmEriCAn pEoplE
C、unrEstriCED immigrAtion will unDErminE thEAmEriCAn wElFArE stAtE
D．thErE is no point BuilDing A wAll ArounD thEAmEriCAn wElFArE stAtE