[scarmig]

Taking a bit more radical view:

Why should we discriminate against someone who is poorer and better skilled in favor of someone who is richer, privileged, and less skilled, just because of the quirk of geographic origin?

Morally I find that abhorrent, and personally it drives me insane that I don't get to work with the best people in the world.

I get that there are political barriers to following that moral claim to its logical conclusion, but they shouldn't mean we discard that moral claim; we should try to remove the political obstacles.