I have known a lot of Venezuelans over the years. Great, hard working, diligent people (and in the females cases, very hot) but what is going on over there is just horrible. The situation has gone to the dogs as you now have people waiting in line for hours just to get powdered milk and a flour to make bread. The currency is in the crapper, and the President is a former bus driver who isn't even Venezuelan. Chavez left those people in a world of hurt, and now they are in a dark place.
These people are the cream of the crop. The brain drain of Venezuela's best and brightest is going to have repercussions on that country for decades. It's the professionals and entrepreneurs that are able to get a tourist visa and then apply for asylum once they are here. If you could somehow track the economic growth these Venezuelan asylees create over the next decade, I'm sure it would be astronomical. With all the talk of border walls and such, I'm glad we still have a smart asylum program that accepts those fleeing political persecution around the world...it's good for them, and it's GREAT for our economy.