Reddit reviews A Nation of Immigrants

The solution which might satisfy you depends on what exactly you believe the problem is.

I believe that Australia's treatment of, lets call them "unauthorized migrants" is a national shame, and a bigger problem than anything that might happen if you accept these migrants and try and integrate them into the society. In fact, I would like Australia to welcome migrants, and be seen as a symbol of hope by people who got a real bad deal in the birth lottery.

I know a lot of people think that allowing migrants into Australia is bad for this reason and that. Every wave of migrants have faced this to a certain degree. I came to Australia about 40 years ago - in high school one of the texts we studied was about the struggles of Italian migrants ("The Knife" by Judah Waten). Since then I have seen waves of Vietnamese, Yugoslav, Indian, Middle Eastern and most recently African migrants go through various stages that start with distrust (and hopefully end with full integration, though this might take a generation or so). Do you think letting Italians migrate here was a good idea?

Eh, I doubt I can convince anybody to change their mind. Better people than me have tried. Here is what John F.Kennedy had to say on the subject, maybe this will sway someone:

https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Immigrants-John-F-Kennedy/dp/0061447544/ref=sr_1_1?

This book in used condition

A mental mind fuck can be nice.

America's been importing our talent for the past few hundred years. There's a reason one of our presidents literally wrote a book describing us as A Nation of Immigrants

Hiring only Americans on purpose, is the least American thing you can do ;)