The local newspaper highlighted the story of an immigrant entrenpeneur. His business is not anything that serves the needs of the larger community, nor brings some new technology or service. Rather it sells ethnic food to immigrants brought in to provide cheap labor to failing businesses.
This is not uncommon. A usual feature on the news is some immigrant who is providing services to other immigrants. It’s a self-licking ice cream cone.
It is difficult not to admire these individuals, but they really provided no benefit to the people of Maine. Contrary wise, they help support policies that suppress wages, fragment communities and strain natural resources. If there were a moratorium on immigration, eventually their businesses and services would not be needed.
So, naturally, these same industrious immigrants are advocates for more immigration.