That assumes they all come here to work, they do not. That's also one of the biggest rat talking points out there.
You said: They are doing jobs Americans aren’t doing
That assumes they all come here to work, they do not. That’s also one of the biggest rat talking points out there.
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Your observation may very well be correct. If things today were like the “good old days” then whether or not immigrants worked when they got here would be of little concern to us. There were no welfare and other entitlements now available to anyone able to cross our borders legally or illegally. Self-reliance, self-determination and an effort to assimilate were bare minimum requirements of becoming successful in this country. Those traits still lead to sucess, but comfortable living, relative to the conditions most immigrants come here to escape, are available for free to anyone who makes it here. A return to those days before the entitlement mentality set in would resolve most of the economic concerns.
Of greater concern to me, these days, is the issue of security. We simply MUST secure the borders so as to be able to account for anyone coming into this country. It is not a question of racism but self-defense. There is an added bonus regarding immigration regulation, but I continue to be amazed at the security risks we continue to assume daily because of our porous borders.
I don’t care who comes here to work. To the extent Americans don’t want the jobs at the pay level offered, I think we should welcome all immigrants, provided that they neither vote nor receive entitlement status until citizenship is achieved. This, with some work around the edges, would become a largely self-executing policy. Just as Ann Coulter observed, those who didn’t fit in, or didn’t work, would just go home, finding no free lunch here. Those who do come here and work hard (or find others willing to provide for them other than the governement) should be welcome. We are at full employment. We do need these workers.
I only wish there were a way to deport the lazy slugs who were lucky enough to be born citizens of this country. (I bet they would be a lot less lazy if they could not rely upon govt (us taxpayers, that is) for a living.)