They Come Here to Acquire Wealth?? Horrors!

Here's a letter to the Washington Times:

Haydee Pavia writes that "The majority of [Mexican:] illegal aliens come here to attain the American dream and take it back to their native country.  These scofflaws don't come here because of idealism, but for the wealth they can acquire and one day take back to their native country" (Letters, August 14).

Suppose that Ms. Pavia's claim about immigrants' motives is correct.  So what?  The vast majority of these immigrants acquire their wealth by working...