Posted on 12/27/2013 11:24:17 AM PST by 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...
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- 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.”
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LOL!
Why would I care if the banana was cut metrically or otherwise? *snigger*
That’s funny!
Your cold is “la gripa.” It’s a general term for coughs, colds, allergies, flu-like symptoms, etc. My family calls it “the crud.”
La Gripa to me is the flu, which I seldom get, but I sure don’t like what I’ve got!
When the kids were home, anything they got was labeled “The Punies.”
New tagline.
Heh.
Cute! We have a book, “Darth Vader and Son,” that’s like this.
Back from church, having added Tom and Pat. Pat had fun on the campout. Tom says it was cold. I guess I should go to their laundry.
Oh, look! Here’s Jake.
LOL!
That reminds me of my colonoscopy.
In the Lovecraft universe, a flying polyp was something like a floating crinoid wiggling in the air and howling at you.
[Dude had a crippling fear of sealife.]
Don’t remind me. I have one of those coming up sooner than I want...Ungh...
Oh, like coral polyps.
Mine’s due in about a year.
Yes.
His abject terror of everything aquatic was the basis for all of his work.
We had a friend in Texas who was terribly afraid of whales.
I will go as long between as I did the first time...40 years!
*shudder*
Maybe that’s why he was in Texas. No whales there.... ;o]
Maybe at the coast, but not in San Antonio. Until they built the Sea World.
Oh, look! Here’s Jake.
In the laundry?
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