“We can’t fund the entitlements with a declining birthrate, unless we import more taxpayers.”
That is true, and it goes beyond that; we can’t have a robust housing market if there are more houses than people. Finally, in a global economy, we’re a small fish (300 million) compared to Asia’s monster fish (India & Red China, with 1 billion+ each). They have 7X the consumers we have; we don’t just want illegals here to work, we want them to shop. Not just at Wal-Mart, either; we need them as “consumers” of public education, police/fire protection, etc.. This is why public school teachers, though they are employees of “the state”, refuse to be involved in verifying documentation for students; whole districts would shut down due to lack of students if illegals were filtered out.
“we’re a small fish (300 million) compared to Asia’s monster fish (India & Red China, with 1 billion+ each).”
Remember the one child policy? Even if you take every single available extra person in all of Asia - it will *just* cover their yearly manpower losses.