You haven't really paid attention to the US's attitude towards the global neighborhood in the past century, have you? "Neighborly" isn't really the word I'd use to describe things like isolationism, walking softly and carrying a big stick, AMERICA WORLD POLICE, and the like. Even offshoring goes into this bucket, because cheap labor is cheap.
This is entirely besides the fact that we have roving unsanctioned militia units shooting people trying to illegally cross the US southern border, and we tried to build a goddamn fence to keep them out. An actual goddamn fence. And the immigrant-hostile legislation in Arizona and Alabama and Mississippi.
...yeah, in the 19th century, we were pretty psyched about immigration. We were still pretty happy about it in the 20th century, but we were building up muscle to throw down outside our borders. In the 21st century, WE ARE NUMBER ONE LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY AWESOME.
This is entirely besides the fact that we have roving unsanctioned militia units shooting people trying to illegally cross the US southern border, and we tried to build a goddamn fence to keep them out. An actual goddamn fence. And the immigrant-hostile legislation in Arizona and Alabama and Mississippi.
...yeah, in the 19th century, we were pretty psyched about immigration. We were still pretty happy about it in the 20th century, but we were building up muscle to throw down outside our borders. In the 21st century, WE ARE NUMBER ONE LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY AWESOME.