The problem is, that's a horrible analogy. One, the US isn't a home. Two, even if it were a home, it's not "my" home. It's "our" home. Three, even if it were my home, it's not the equivalent of paying for their rent, food, clothing, etc. So, if you're willing to ignore all that, yes, your analogy works.
Bill Gates after he has money, right? I wonder how he got so much money. Could be because he (1) lived in America, (2) had enough connections to be in the right place to make billions, and (3) lacked the ethics to engage in responsible business practices instead of anti-competitive ones? Funny thing is, we'd have to reject Bill Gates as a citizen because he has a criminal record.
Dude, you really need better friends. I don't have friends like that. If i did, yes, I'd stop being their friend.
The real problem I have for most immigration debates is how people are so quick to claim that immigrants specifically do bad things, ignoring the 1 million+ Americans in jail. Or how we should focus on merit based immigration, ignoring that we're constantly told how incompetent the government is and hence would be at it. Meanwhile, we don't merit based most things for Americans because we realize merit is its own reward. The point of government programs is to help those who are without merit in some fashion--because being poor is one of the worst offense.
So, yea, that's my take on it. I won the birth lottery and was born American. Being American is in high demand, so we have to artificially keep the supply low. Immigration is one of those choke points. Let's just ignore the looming negative population growth. Maybe we can justify it with the threat of automation and the fear of them "taking our jobs", but immigration is but a blip if automation in the service sector ends up doing what it's done to the manufacturing and agricultural sectors as far as jobs.
*shrug* I guess my strongest feeling is, we're all people. Letting governments divide us or choosing to divide ourselves from each other is self-destructive. It's why the internet is so wonderful. It's why people choosing their own echo chamber on the internet or otherwise is terrible.
@the_randomizer - I'm sorry to hear that you've lost friends over expressing your opinions and beliefs. At the same time, I'm sort of glad because those are the kind of friends who will abandon you as it suits them, anyways. Personally, I'm very disinclined to abandon a friend just because I disagree with them--maybe "humans are tasty"--, and I hope that the friendships you keep are the ones that last. Those are the rewarding ones, anyways.