I like your style in this message, so I wanna see what you think about this:

I'm on the fence between a Trump-Republican stance on immigration and a hard moratorium. I hear you that immigrants, in many instances, provide value to the society they enter in a way they were unable to in their former, more corrupt country.

If you view "skilled labor force" as something to always be increased, then merit-based immigration policy makes sense. But all things in the economy require an equilibrium. Right now, skilled labor wages are going down. Increasing that supply of workers through immigration would worsen this issue. Why not protect the wages of today's Americans rather than provide a decaying wage to new Americans?