Immigration is a Privilege, Not a Right?

  I see a post saying, "Immigration is a privilege, not a right," and, as I consider on it, I think, What an odd thought that is.
 What if the early immigrants to America -- those that built this into the 13 colonies -- had been told that? Think it would have stopped any of them? Or would they have looked at you like, "Say what?" thinking it a totally silly thing to suggest?
  What of the immigrants who came here in the late 1700s and early 1800s? What if they had been told they had no right to come? What a concept this would have been to them. Back then, coming to America was what freedom was all about. Of course they had the right to come.
   Immigration is a privilege, not a right? It is a concept that has crept into our thinking, but we have not always felt this way. It wasn't our rule and it was far from common thought when America was founded.
   I think it better to practice freedoms the way they were practiced back when they were handed out, rather than in this age when we no longer value some of them.