A Legal Immigrant Testifies: America is a tolerant nation, but immigration is not a right, it is a privilege

I am a legal immigrant

writes Ida Tiongco to The Economist from New York City.

America is a tolerant nation, but immigration is not a right, it is a privilege, and countries should guard their borders. People like myself do not question the deportation of those who broke American laws. We came here legally and expect others to do so.