I know he won't read this, but this tired old reasoning, which is a tried and true favorite amongst the libs is a sham.This isn't the 19th century anymore. There are a lot of services that care for immigrants. A lot of these move immigrants away from their Port of Entry. There are lots of Africans in South Dakota! Our daughter lives in a Louisville neighborhood of Africans, Vietnamese, and Mid-Eastern immigrants. (2nd safest in the city, btw.) Lexington has an African immigrant community. Churches find them housing, furniture, bedding, toiletries. Take them shopping. Connect them with others.) Finding immigrants housing and easing their transition is terrible? Your example picked up on Venezuelans. I presume that means Venezuelans are the bogeymen of the day.
You should be pleased about immigrants. They are harder working than locals. More ambitious. Have more children. Attend church more regularly. Are more law abiding. The fears you promote don't track the general experience. Are there criminals among immigrants? Sure. We are talking about human beings after all. Take the Irish: there were Irish gangs in NYC before the Civil War. Irish cops in NYC after the Civil War. And just New Yorkers after that.
It makes a lot of assumptions, and ignores actual problems.
Nobody is "against" immigration. It IS a good thing. But it needs to be handled responsibly.
This argument is like saying "you shouldn't be against water, because we need it." After you've told them not to turn every faucet on in the house, full blast, and just go to work.