when the term melting pot was coined, it was largely referring to things during the industrial revolution where migrants from various places in europe who actually wanted to work hard and make something of themselves were the ones coming into the country.

today, the migrants (and a large chunk of the citizens) just want free handouts from the government.

it’s only a strength if it brings something useful to the table and that’s directly related to the quality of immigrant.

and ‘open borders’ shit where you can’t screen the immigrants coming into your country is the exact opposite of quality control