[TigersEye]

First of all I didn’t bring up the subject of immigration you did. That said; I disagree that legal immigration is more important than illegal aliens, border security and amnesty which is the subject of the thread.

[kabar]

Legal immigration has far more of an impact on this country than illegal aliens. FYI: 40% of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens came here legally and overstayed their visas. Border security only solves part of the problem.

There are 41 million foreign born in this country and that does not include their US born children. Three quarters of the foreign born are here legally. They use welfare to a greater extent than the native born. They are taking jobs from the native born and depressing wages. Our immigration policies bear no relation to our job needs.

In many ways, illegal aliens are a distraction. The real problem is our legal immigration policies, which are destroying the country and have been ever since the 1965 Immigration Act. Even if were able to eliminate illegal immigration entirely, the country would still be on course for eventual economic collapse and Balkanization. And the Dems are well on their way to becoming the permanent majority party.