Posted on 03/22/2014 10:59:00 AM PDT by EricGurr
It is going to be really bad for all of us.
The problem is one of simple economics. When labor demand is low one cannot increase supply and expect anything other than falling wages and fewer jobs. This is the reason we need to secure our border, deport those who have entered illegally and reject any and all notions of amnesty.
We must also reduce legal immigration. Historically the United States government has had a period of assimilation after large rises in immigration. This is to allow for a period of assimilation. The left has used this as an attack on many conservatives. Assimilation is now considered politically incorrect. I believe the reason the right doesn’t defend itself is that those in position to do so are ignorant on what assimilation was intended to accomplish. Immigrants need not become Christians, members of the Rotary club or culturally identical to the masses. They must however integrate into the fabric of America. What this means is that they must integrate economically. They must divorce themselves from previous cultures of dependency and surrender to the state (a situation common to many immigrant in the past) and embrace the American identity of individualism and responsibility for self.
If we don’t allow for this period of assimilation we are flooded with millions of people who never properly transition from their old habit of relying on government to fix all of their problems. This puts an unnecessary stress on the economy and those working and paying taxes to create the American dream for their children.
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And higher taxes.
Now.
Crush illegals between the anvil of the law and the hammer of enforcement.
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