There was a NY Times piece which was published about a girl from North Africa who made up being raped and tortured to be allowed to stay in the US. Her story was a product of a climate where, for those who make those decisions, the most exceptional, emotional, painful lives are the ones that end up getting blessed with a US Visa. This is not isolated, though. In every area of policy, it is the most tortured souls we give our sympathies too. We prioritize and help those we see as most in need.
People are on their "let's save families" shit, yet how many families are being destroyed by for-profit prisons, excessive charges, and cyclical poverty? Where are the white people crying foul over that? Is it just not exceptional enough? If that's it, then I'd be a little salty, too.