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Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]
Red Dirt Report ^
| 12/27/2013
| Brian Woodward
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 Senates 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. Its fluid, which is how we want it to be.
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It’s near a vineyard in the Yadkin Valley.
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01/20/2014 6:37:05 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: no-to-illegals
1,742
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01/20/2014 6:37:28 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: NicknamedBob
1,743
posted on
01/20/2014 6:38:03 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: Tax-chick
1,744
posted on
01/20/2014 6:43:54 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
1,745
posted on
01/20/2014 6:44:46 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
Bill is known for his gazelle-like springing-about. He breaks things. Tom, though very large, moves more slowly and is less likely to effect disaster, except on chairs.
1,746
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01/20/2014 6:46:45 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: Tax-chick
Kerwa? Heinlein says a name that ends in A signifies a large-breasted woman.
In this case, he's wrong.
1,747
posted on
01/20/2014 6:50:27 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: NicknamedBob
It sounds like a geographical location in the Middle East.
Nope, according to Wikipedia, it’s a dam in India.
1,748
posted on
01/20/2014 6:52:23 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: Tax-chick
I’ll see for myself once we have hotdogs and beans. I trust you.
1,749
posted on
01/20/2014 6:53:45 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
I think hotdogs and beans will attract James.
1,750
posted on
01/20/2014 6:54:14 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: NicknamedBob
Bob, all can say is am disappointed.
1,751
posted on
01/20/2014 6:54:57 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
1,752
posted on
01/20/2014 6:55:18 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
To: Tax-chick
I love tall and short people. I be a short people myself.
1,753
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01/20/2014 6:56:01 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Tax-chick
What would Wikipedia know about the future?
She’s a woman who lives in the Flying Castle Habitat thirty-five hundred years from now.
That dam probably doesn’t exist any more.
1,754
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01/20/2014 6:56:27 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
To: Tax-chick
1,755
posted on
01/20/2014 6:56:37 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
That dam probably doesnt exist any more. Because the wind is high, it blow my mind.
1,756
posted on
01/20/2014 6:58:08 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: NicknamedBob
Did someone say the sky has to be Blue?
1,757
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01/20/2014 6:59:04 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: NicknamedBob
But you could go zip-lining off it! Don’t they have FUN in the future?
1,758
posted on
01/20/2014 7:00:08 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(What did you think would happen?)
I think the Bathroom Window was open?
1,759
posted on
01/20/2014 7:08:36 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Tax-chick
"Dont they have FUN in the future?" Nope. That's one of the reasons Kerwa is willing to go on quest. It might be the nearest thing to fun she's ever going to see.
1,760
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01/20/2014 7:08:43 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(My cleverness often has to be severely constrained in order to fit in a tagl)
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