It’s not just illegal immigration that is a problem. It’s the amount of all immigration. It is killing the working class.
I’m not sure I can agree with that statement. I have known many legal immigrants who have come here and became outstanding examples of the American Dream.
In my experience, the greatest barrier to economic growth has been excessive regulation and taxation leading to expatriation. Once the costs of compliance exceed the pain tolerance or profit, companies have little choice but to move—sometimes states, sometimes countries. Immigration reform won’t stop that, though it would help repair the labor market and the associated income stagnation.
Immigrant labor can only displace Americans when the government allows it. It would take one or two major prosecutions to stop virtually all illegal immigration, but it will not happen. Neither will significant H1x visa reform pass. Everyone knows that the entire immigration gamut (legal and illegal) is corrupt, but the big players want to keep it that way.
Right on Mark!