Posted on 04/24/2024 11:53:32 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The population of Providence, R.I., has barely held even since 2020. Had it not been for some 8,300 immigrants who settled in Providence County, it would have shrunk by 1.3 percent by last year. Same in South Bend, Ind., where some 1,700 immigrants into Saint Joseph County barely filled a gap left by locals ditching town.
Immigrants slowed demographic decline in more than 1,100 counties from 2020 to 2023, according to census estimates. Their numbers made up more than the entire growth of the population in 131 of them. The demographic reality casts immigration in a different light, not as a burden but as an opportunity: a powerful tool to lift vast swaths of America that prosperity has left behind.
It would require smart policy and political will — neither of which is plentiful in Washington, but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) idea of busing migrants to cause political pain in blue jurisdictions could, unwittingly, be put to valuable use: encouraging migrants to rekindle economic development in depopulating cities such as Buffalo, Akron or Detroit, which have struggled to keep up with the economic transformations of the past 30 years.
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Bring a few thousand Haitians into your community and reap the benefits.
Immigrants are great if productive. Quality of immigrants matters. All immigrants are not the same.
Muslims, communists, gangbangers and leeches on society. Sure, that is just what the doctor ordered to save America...
Let immigrants have DC, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Maybe they can help revive the cities mounting economic woes.
Well said.
The smart and ambitious ones will bail out of those leftist hell holes as soon as they figure it out.
The not so smart and the criminal and lazy ones will stay there (hopefully), helping to make the hellholes worse.
Don’t forget New York City and San Francisco.
Let illegal immigrants squat at the offices and homes
of The Editorial Board of The Washington Post
Immediately and Forever
I read an article about a midwest community of 15,000 getting over 1,000 illegals dumped into the community. Crime is up, social services are overwhelmed, plus the impact on access to housing and jobs. Who’s going to hire a high school student or graduate when they can hire an illegal, with or without papers, for less?
It's not the heartland that needs saving. It's all those deep blue cities that are screwed. "Immigrants" are just the final nail in the coffin. RIP NYC
Let’s see the thousands of Americans killed by illegals.
Just one wall...
http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp
Maybe immigrants should start by saving Martha’s Vineyard.
Why is a local population shrinking a sign of national doom?
Yeah, right WaPo. And rename them West Mogadishu 1, 2, and 3... Hey, why aren't there "immigrants" flooding DC? WaPO could hire them!!
Huge difference between immigrants and illegals.
Democrats are repopulating blue areas with illegal aliens to prevent the loss of electoral and congressional votes. It’s crucial to not count illegals in the next census.
Why does this attitude of the “smart left” bring back memories of the kids on the honor roll and advanced classes that couldnt get laid?
Good luck finding out who sits on the Editorial Board.
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