Ok boys and girls, I shouldn't have to explain this to you but it looks like many of you just don't get it. Yes I am being condescending because as adults you should know this.
A country consists of its land, its systems and most of all its people. So when you call a country a shithole, you are grouping all the people who live there as part of the shithole.
If you say this You have purposely selected a term that indicates your level of disgust and repulsion of the the country and the people who live there. If they are part of this shithole then they must be less than a regular person.
You could have said that this person from this country is likely less educated and won't contribute to our country. You are saying much more, you are saying this shithole person and his country disgusts you.
These are people, people with the same emotions, and feelings and value as anyone else. People are not shitholes they should be referred to respectfully as they deserve. If you want to argue merit based selection, ok, but as soon as you refer to people as shitholes, ...........you say so much more about yourself and what you are lacking as to make your use of this crude pejorative ironic.