International law requires all countries to consider residency or citi-
zenship for immigrants claiming refugee status.
Although the prevailing rhetoric right now doesn't indicate it,
demand from the host countries also drives immigration. Every first-
world country is dependent on immigrant labor. Immigrants take jobs
native-born residents won't do. They're also important net contribu-
tors to health insurance. In fact, immigrants (most of them non-citi-
zens) contribute a net surplus of more than $15 billion per year to
Medicare. They pay in, but typically do not consume health services at
the same rate natives do. The idea that immigrants are a drain on our
healthcare financing system could not be more wrong; immigrants
subsidize our healthcare system and deserve the best we have to
offer.
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