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> Surely you can recognize the merit in keeping domestic control of transportation, which is the reason these regulations exist.

Not OP, and not trying to be glib, but I think you're skirting the major objection by assuming agreement here.

Differential privilege due to happenstance of birth location seems a pretty arbitrary line to me, in need of justification.

As an american I can't own property or a business in _most_ of the world, without a local proxy.

We also have programs that will give you citizenship if you commit to investing money long term and taking an allegiance to the United States.

It sounds like the requirement is citizenship. Citizenship isn't exactly happenstance of birth location.