Imagine that you are a citizen of a country in which a larger country comes in to expand its social, political, and economic policies as the United States has done in Latin America.

Since most of current immigration into the U. S., both legal and illegal, is coming from Latin America. It would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. Since the U. S. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, I would not feel oppression is the main objective.