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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: no-to-illegals

Time is malleable and can be bent.
Sadly, this is beyond our current tech.


5,101 posted on 02/21/2014 7:09:18 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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5,102 posted on 02/21/2014 7:10:47 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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5,103 posted on 02/21/2014 7:21:12 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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No, no-one told me.


5,104 posted on 02/21/2014 7:25:08 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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5,105 posted on 02/21/2014 7:26:03 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

Don’t worry, nobody believes Me.


5,106 posted on 02/21/2014 7:28:50 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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So What Do You See?


5,107 posted on 02/21/2014 7:29:33 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

Cracks in the façade of reality.


5,108 posted on 02/21/2014 7:30:55 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

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5,109 posted on 02/21/2014 7:31:34 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Darksheare

I thought that once. It turned out to be some lint on the lens....


5,110 posted on 02/21/2014 7:35:51 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty

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5,111 posted on 02/21/2014 7:39:12 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Keep looking out for #1 and that is you.


5,112 posted on 02/21/2014 7:40:44 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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5,113 posted on 02/21/2014 7:49:13 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: NicknamedBob

That engine?


5,114 posted on 02/21/2014 7:50:15 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: NicknamedBob

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5,115 posted on 02/21/2014 7:53:26 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: NicknamedBob

Author or Musician?


5,116 posted on 02/21/2014 7:56:25 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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5,117 posted on 02/21/2014 7:59:36 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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5,118 posted on 02/21/2014 8:00:32 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Mysteries? It all goes down ... swirl...


5,119 posted on 02/21/2014 8:02:35 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Someone said ... *You ain’t seen Nothin’ Yet*


5,120 posted on 02/21/2014 8:04:56 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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