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.”

[NicknamedBob]

Ah, yes. Yarns can be tricky.

[Monkey Face]

As soon as I finish this beer, I’m going to have a glass of wine and watch the Super Bowl...a vice I’m proud of! LOL!

[Monkey Face]

(I wish I had bought some buffalo wings...)

[Tax-chick]

We’re having something involving pasta. DP just got off the phone with his stepmother. His father is still in ICU, but nothing has gone deeply, seriously wrong, so hopefully he’ll break out of there in the next few days and eventually go home.

[Tax-chick]

The Ordeal for re-entry (in the spirit of the 40th anniversary of D&D) is taking a shower.

[null and void]

The homeless people brought over pizza today. yummy.

[Darksheare]

Lol!
I’m such a bad influence.

[Darksheare]

When I finish a book, I hunt down its relatives so none shall attempt to take revenge!

[NicknamedBob]

It’s always fun to turn over a new leaf.

[Darksheare]

Yes, except that one book tried to assassinate me.

[Tax-chick]

“Day of the Jackal,” feeling its oats?

[NicknamedBob]

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t think that jackals and oats would go together.

[Darksheare]

The oats were the weapon!

[Shimmer1]

Some people just make up their own “facts”

[Monkey Face]

I prefer to call it, “Kindred Spirits!”

[Monkey Face]

Welp...I finished the beer and had the rest of the wine and it looks like, unless Denver makes some inroads in the next 15 minutes of play, I will be heading for bed and a decent book.

[NicknamedBob]

"... and a decent book."

Now that would be a change of pace for me. Hmm.

[Darksheare]

“If there’s a decent word in there, it’s because I missed it.”-Mark Twain referring to his work “1601.”

[Darksheare]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3118590/posts

Sounds like a supervillain plot.

[NoCmpromiz]

that one book tried to assassinate me.

Which is exactly why you never turn your back on a book that is mumbling "Feed me.."