Another cost of illegal immigration

I don't know why this thought never occurred to me before but maybe the reason is because it is so simple and plainly obvious.

I hear stories about the "best and brightest" of other countries coming here illegally to get an education and a better life and whatever other reason they come here.

Some newspaper articles point out that these people are future doctors and lawyers to make sure I don't think of them as unworthy (nice bit of attitude manipulation there!)

What just occurred to me is the undeniable fact that if these wonderful people stayed in their own country and worked that hard, they would be the best and brightest in their own country and they would raise their own country.

If illegals are willing to break our laws (and there is no argument that this is exactly what they are doing) and learn a new language and suffer the distance from family... wouldn't all of that energy be so much better spent in their own country to make it better from the inside?

Amazingly, by simply stating that smart people in other countries should stay there and try to work to improve their country, I am going to be seen by some people as the bad guy.