No, I won't say that people are "fleeing" their country to get here, but they see opportunity here. I'm not pulling a better-than-thou attitude, but when people say dumb shit about patriotism, then I'll say something back.
I won't say we have everything here, but the fact that people come here illegally (and not just Mexicans jumping over a fence or Cubans in boats) just to spend the few months or years they can in America before they're caught, speaks volumes.
Why would I concern myself with illegal Germans in France?