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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 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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To: Darksheare

I’m so sorry, Darks! We’ll pray for all of you.


2,441 posted on 01/29/2014 1:31:34 PM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: GeronL

Bad romance, with ninjas. Only in Asia ...


2,442 posted on 01/29/2014 1:33:28 PM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: Darksheare

My sympathies to you and yours in your time of loss, Darks. Prayers up for strength and healing fellowship.


2,443 posted on 01/29/2014 1:44:32 PM PST by Flotsam_Jetsome (Who issued the standdown order and where was pResident "Obama"?)
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To: Darksheare
I'm truly sorry for the loss.

No need for apologies.

2,444 posted on 01/29/2014 1:46:56 PM PST by OddLane
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To: Darksheare

my condolences... Prayers up


2,445 posted on 01/29/2014 3:05:27 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Darksheare

I’m sorry for your loss.


2,446 posted on 01/29/2014 4:31:15 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar)
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To: Darksheare

Sorry to hear. My best to you and yours.


2,447 posted on 01/29/2014 5:57:26 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Tax-chick
"Kathleen’s had a growth spurt; she’ll need 3T clothes for spring."

Wow! What a cutie she is, BTW.

2,448 posted on 01/29/2014 5:58:01 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Darksheare

I’m sorry, Darksheare.


2,449 posted on 01/29/2014 8:09:55 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: GeronL; Tax-chick
.....Sorry Geron, I got nothing.. I am NOT good at interrupting dreams.

I'd hate to see what people would say about mine! :/

2,450 posted on 01/29/2014 8:10:37 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Thank you. She would agree!


2,451 posted on 01/30/2014 2:53:04 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: Tax-chick; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; ...

2,452 posted on 01/30/2014 2:54:06 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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2,453 posted on 01/30/2014 3:03:19 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Poor kittehs!


2,454 posted on 01/30/2014 3:24:32 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: Tax-chick
Not cat related, but still funny...


2,455 posted on 01/30/2014 5:57:07 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Tax-chick; JoeProBono

“And Mawger the Pawnicator comes in with a right hook! Growlhiss the Clawtastic counters with a left!”


2,456 posted on 01/30/2014 6:04:43 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Dead Corpse

LOL!


2,457 posted on 01/30/2014 6:05:05 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: Darksheare

The one on the left is biting.


2,458 posted on 01/30/2014 6:05:31 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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To: Tax-chick

Clever kittehs!


2,459 posted on 01/30/2014 6:16:33 AM PST by Monkey Face (Getting old sucks. I used to wake up feeling like a million bucks. Now I feel like a bounced check.)
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To: Monkey Face

Sleeping in a box is the way to go!


2,460 posted on 01/30/2014 6:17:33 AM PST by Tax-chick (You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.)
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