Immigration "problem," Empire, democratic political integration

 The root of the "immigration problem" in America is global poverty and historical empire. And some will probably argue that the current system is fine and that immigration in America, as is, makes America strong and they would be right, largely. There are some who see a system that weeds out bad apples from good apples and that periodic amnesty to cheap and willing laborers who then 'make a better life for themselves and their descendents' 'if they work hard' is fine. In fact, people often boast of their working class immigrant ancestors making the backbone of the American economy and cultural and social sphere. But this leads one, if they examine the 'problem,' to ask if it is right to continuously count on an exploited class of people to run the economy, who then live as second class citizens in America. As stated previously, the historical empires, mainly American, Portuguese and Spanish are central to 'immigration' within the modern borders. And poverty within those borders inevitably adds to that central original fact. So I don't see how you can now divorce the people from each other by modern National Boundaries, in which wealth and wealthy travel across boundaries like the imperial predecessors and now do so as their modern counterparts, but the poor are expected to 'break the law' in order to travel and earn a living, thus making them second class citizens and not having voting rights etc in the societies they live in. So I think it is time to start exploring or asking questions about democratic integration of the former and current empires and their modern states.