Immigration is greasy and brings in talent. Illegal immigration is deadly. The USA was started by immigrants. Let’s keep this in the perspective of the people that came here looking for the land of liberty. When it becomes the land of handouts, like the UK, then its a problem. Think of what we learned by bringing the physicists to America after WWI and WWII. Open immigration is detrimental, picking and choosing those who want to contribute to science and freedom is honorable.
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We don't need 1.2 million legal immigrants a year, most of whom are poor and uneducated. Legal immigration must be cut drastically and we need a merit based system, not a kinship system like we have now. 87% of the 1.2 million legal immigrants are minorities as classified by the USG, which entitles them to affirmative action, minority business set asides, etc. Immigrants and minorities vote more than two to one for the Dems.
Legal immigrants use the welfare system to a much greater degree than the native born. In 1970 one in 21 was foreign-born in this country; today it is one in 8, the highest it has been in 90 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history.
The USA was started by immigrants.
No, it was started by colonists or settlers who were primarily British subjects. Almost all of the original Founders were born in the US.
Think of what we learned by bringing the physicists to America after WWI and WWII.
We don't need to bring in 1.2 million immigrants a year to get a few hundred of the best and brightest. Currently, we have 45 million foreign born in this country.
Open immigration is detrimental, picking and choosing those who want to contribute to science and freedom is honorable.
I agree. Immigration to the US is a privilege, not a right. And our immigration policies should serve the national interests.