Hi Beta, you could have tested your avatar in the other sub-forums, but maybe you've been under the evil spell of that other place too long.
I think they were well intentioned people who ran in without thinking it through very well. Sort of elitist, regardless of their religious affiliations. Lots of Americans have the same attitude; that any poor child should be "saved" from their homeland and brought to the US to live the middle class American Dream.
Even Holywood stars do it.