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.”

[no-to-illegals]

Laz .... Look out for imposters. Only accept the real Socks, the clintoon kitty. You could possibly sell that one at a profit. Profit is good.

[Lazamataz]

Well, I prefer Hello Kitty, but I will take Mickey Mouse.

[Monkey Face]

I have many different sox and they will all be available for adoption, soon.

[no-to-illegals]

May I have the Red Sox? I’ve always loved the Green Monster.

[Monkey Face]

None of my sox are solid colors except for the White Sox...Everything else is bi/multi-colored and/or fuzzy.

[moose07]

In pink or blue.?

[Lazamataz]

Pink please. The socks should match my toenail polish.

[Monkey Face]

Laz, they are presents! Don’t be selfish...

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.*tagline*

[no-to-illegals]

bi

Not going there ... Not going there.

[Darksheare]

Do “zombies and darkshearian coffee” count as “thrown at us by nature”?

[moose07]

Well, the skull does have red eyes...

[Monkey Face]

Perhaps not the former, but the latter, for sure! LOL!

[null and void]

[Monkey Face]

Yummy! Over-the-knee socks!

[Tax-chick]

You’re doing great, Laz!

[Tax-chick]

Glarb, I took a nap and dreamed that I was trying to organize the Cub Scouts to put on a spiritual retreat for 50 people, in Spanish. They all kept staring blankly at me and asking, “Can we eat all the cookies?”

[Tax-chick]

I have many different sox and they will all be available for adoption, soon.

Do you have an amputation scheduled that you haven't mentioned?

[Monkey Face]

Interwebs is “iffy.”

I dictate which sox go where and when, and there is no guarantee that they will go together... so no... no amputation.

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(But the drawer is getting full...)

[Tax-chick]

Oh, I see. I’m glad you aren’t planning to abandon any extremities!

[Monkey Face]

I dreamed I had a new, really hot love interest. That was a nightmare...he had a wife and kids and the train we were on seemed to be aquatic...water was everywhere.

Me? Not interested in “getting to know” someone new. It takes too much effort to start a relationship, and I’m old and tired. *sigh*