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]

Unngh...vampire...transfusions...toothache...Monday...

It’s all too, too much. *swoon*

[Silentgypsy]

Oh, drat. I didn’t mean to do that.

[Tax-chick]

Oh, dear. I hope the kittehs didn’t take too much blood.

[null and void]

Thanks! I’ve passed on the restaurant info to Darling Daughter, who lives in Portland.

[null and void]

Just the thing to go with peanut butter and duck sauce sandwiches for breakfast...

On sourdough?

NOM!!!!

[NicknamedBob]

"If I brought booze, I’d send the St. Bernard to your door. He could make a path in the snow for me to follow!"

Oh, dear. A new version of the yellow brick road.

[Monkey Face]

No, Bob...that would be AFTER the beer...

[CatherineofAragon]

LOVE that black cat!

[Tax-chick]

Fangs!

[Tax-chick]

Tax-chick, accessorized by Monkey Face, looks at some art.

[Shimmer1]

If you want it on Sourdough...i’ve got one more loaf. My birthday should really be in the middle of the year, so I’d get it evenly, every six months don’t you think?????????

[Monkey Face]

Oh, TC, that is absolutely stuning!!!

That pashmina was perfect for that dress! I’m glad you though of it!

[CatherineofAragon]

"Tax-chick, accessorized by Monkey Face, looks at some art."

Love that pop of bright blue with the black...is it a little black dress? Very sophisticated.

Not being sophisticated myself when it comes to modern art, I will say the red thing on the wall is pretty, and leave it at that. :)

[Shimmer1]

wake up Monkey Face!! Wake up!!

[Monkey Face]

I haven’t had good sourdough since the last batch I made...you remember: the one where I found out the little yeastie beasties here are better than the ones in San Francisco? Yah. Like that.

[Monkey Face]

though => THOUGHT!

*sheesh*

[Tax-chick]

The dress has an abstract floral pattern in white on black. It’s three tiers, almost ankle length. And the blue wrap was ‘Face’s idea!

[Tax-chick]

http://s230.photobucket.com/user/Cyshouse/library/?sort=3&page=1

[Tax-chick]

See link in 2118. For no reason I can figure out, my Photobucket always shows ‘Face’s manicure first.

[yoe]

"We may very well decide on humanitarian grounds, that we must allow some of the people who have come here in violation of the law and who have stayed here in violation of the law, and who have worked here in violation of the law, to have some legal status to live and work here. We DO NOT OWE THEM ANYTHING ELSE! And we especially do not owe them the right to vote. If we grant such people the vote, we would be MAKING A GRAVE MISTAKE.

Beautifully said!