Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]

Red Dirt Report ^ | 12/27/2013 | Brian Woodward

[honestabe010]

In his press conference on December 20th, President Obama urged the House of Representatives to support the Senate’s immigration bill, which passed 68-32 in late June. Among the concerns cited by Americans who oppose reform are that immigrants will take their jobs, drive down wages, increase criminal activity, burden the welfare system, and reshape the cultural dynamic of the country. These concerns are mostly ill-founded. The legitimate concerns have real solutions, and a more open immigration policy will be a net benefit for all Americans...

Highlights from Article:

- A 2013 study by the American Action Forum states that "immigration reform can raise population growth, labor force growth, and thus growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”

- In 2013 the Bipartisan Policy Center came to similar conclusions. It makes the prediction that current provisions, as included in the Senate Bill, would raise GDP 4.8 percent over twenty years.

- According to the Immigration Policy Center, immigrant males between the ages of 18 and 39 (which constitute the greatest portion of the prison population) are five times less likely to be incarcerated than are natives.

- A 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that 92 percent of second generation and 96 percent of third generation Hispanics speak English proficiently.

- A 2010 Gallup poll revealed that Hispanics attend church services more often than non-Hispanic whites.

- Since an influx of immigrants means an expansion of the labor supply, many assert that the result will be less jobs and lower wages. However, as asserted by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, “The number of jobs in the United States is not static. It’s fluid, which is how we want it to be.”

[Monkey Face]

But they ARE in the same family...of course, the desert Indians only knew about desert tortoises.

[Darksheare]

Hmm.
Flying polyps, nyarlathotep, azathoth, yog sothoth, they all have qualities fitting the description of the neighbor.
Wilbur Whatley as well, but only by having tentacles.
Rhan tegoth..but he crushes people and drinks their blood.

[NicknamedBob]

As I said, I’m an amateur. But I thought ... Hastur.

Of course, it could one of the “nameless ones”. After all, I didn’t name it!

Whatever it was, it did write a very gracious note. Manners are most important to having good neighborly relations.

[Darksheare]

The King in Yellow?
He whose name kills when spoken?
Hmm.

[ThomasThomas]

For some reason I thought of you when I saw this.

[Monkey Face]

Oh. Dang. That DOES look like the Tax-chick Sunbeam...

I LIKE it!

[no-to-illegals]

Am breaking a rule made for myself but it has to be said ... To Better Times and Better Times Will Come!!! May I forgive myself for breaking my rule.

[Monkey Face]

NtI, I can forgive you almost everything...except SPAMMING the thread! LOL!

I haven’t seen much of you this last week...how have you been? Off on another chivalrous adventure?

[no-to-illegals]

{{HUGS}} Face!!! Lots of HUGS!!!

[Monkey Face]

You will always remain a hero to me, NtI....I may gripe about spamming, but I have you to thank for my life...and there is nothing that can equal that...you ROCK, Dude! And in case I forgot...THANK YOU!!!

[no-to-illegals]

and I Swear, you are never forgotten!!!

[no-to-illegals]

My Thanks Face!!! You made the flying worthwhile. For I hate those take offs and landings. {{HUGS}} Face. Stay well for me, please!!!

[Monkey Face]

NtI...”they” say, if you save a life, you are responsible for that life. (Do I make you feel guilty???)

I hereby exonerate you from that onus, and tell you that the roles were reversed that night...I am beholden to YOU! And I’m not going anywhere!

[no-to-illegals]

10-4 ... Watch out ... I'll hold you to that ... I’m not going anywhere!. Made a promise to be quiet, to a fellow FReeper though, and now must comply. {{HUGS}} Face!!! You will never be anything other than remembered!!! My Promise!!! Will return when time is finished.

[moose07]

[Tax-chick]

Nice kittehs!

[Tax-chick]

Good morning! Stay warm!

[Tax-chick]

Wait, those are dogs, aren’t they?

[Tax-chick]

[NicknamedBob]

"Wait, those are dogs, aren’t they?"

On the internet, it can be hard to tell.