You are painting with much too broad of a brush. Most Jewish Americans here on FR are certainly NOT "rabidly 'open borders' immigration radicals."
Never mind how open borders would work in Israel. (BTW, it would be a disaster, as you implied).
The big question is how "open borders" is working in the United States. If I may say so as a Jewish American FReeper, it is a disaster here as well, and the situation is rapidly getting worse. These open borders illegal immigrants tend to be much more anti-Semitic and anti-Israel than the current American population, yet contribute disproportionally to crime and poverty, thus running up already insane government budget deficits and debt at federal, state, and local levels. They also compete for jobs with American citizens and lower wages.
No, we cannot tolerate open borders much longer. We can admit a limited number of immigrants, but they should be vetted carefully on a case-by-case basis so that they are likely to have the skills to support themselves. Illegal aliens have violated are laws, and should be politely escorted back to their country of origin.
BTW, I don't know if Eric Cantor is an "open borders" type but his fuzziness on the immigration issue was NOT what voters in the district wanted to hear, and justifiably so.
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
“You are painting with much too broad of a brush. Most Jewish Americans here on FR are certainly NOT “rabidly ‘open borders’ immigration radicals.”
And they are in the minority of Americans of the Jewish faith.
Look at the percentages that support the Demonrats, the numbers don’t lie. They vote for Demonrats in percentages only surpassed by blacks as a group!
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/jewvote.html
Given the fact that Hamas has been working with the drug cartels for years now, you can bet that quite a few of the OTM & OTCA illegal immigrants that are getting through are probably aligned with terrorist groups from the middle east. I have no doubt that there are now at least several thousand terrorist "sleepers" here, and quite possibly numbering into the 10s of thousands.
And just look at how quickly several thousand ISIS terrorists have torn through Iraq. Imagine what they could be doing in the continental USA. And now, armed with Stinger ManPads! Holy Crap!
Mark