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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: no-to-illegals
Time is malleable and can be bent.
Sadly, this is beyond our current tech.
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To: no-to-illegals
Don’t worry, nobody believes Me.
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To: no-to-illegals
Cracks in the façade of reality.
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Darksheare
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no-to-illegals
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To: Darksheare
I thought that once. It turned out to be some lint on the lens....
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To: Cyber Liberty
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no-to-illegals
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Keep looking out for #1 and that is you.
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Sometimes it helps to LOL ... eases the tension.
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To: NicknamedBob
Have flight, will travel!
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To: NicknamedBob
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When the morning comes, you’ll know by my shoes.
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Down and round ... We each go down!
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Mysteries? It all goes down ... swirl...
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Someone said ... *You ain’t seen Nothin’ Yet*
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