It matters because a lot of the debate was about letting in 5 year old or less orphans. And those children have as much chance to be successful contributors to society as Steve Jobs had when he was an adopted child.
See that is actually differently entirely. This article is specifically about the offspring of migrants, not of the migrants themselves. Steve Jobs was born and raised in America, under very different circumstances than 5 year olds that want to leave Syria.
Once again, I am not arguing one way or the other, just that this argument is no more silly than "This baby will grow up to cure cancer, but was aborted so cancer will never be cured" ads.
Once again, I am not arguing one way or the other, just that this argument is no more silly than "This baby will grow up to cure cancer, but was aborted so cancer will never be cured" ads.