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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: Darksheare
Don’t worry Darks ... They know not what am talking about and they will say exactly. All Right but I want to Live With the Hound Dogs!
5,141
posted on
02/21/2014 9:00:25 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
A fifth of wine and no care.
5,142
posted on
02/21/2014 9:01:26 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
Playing songs ... and he was useless.
5,143
posted on
02/21/2014 9:02:46 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
Playing songs ... ain’t hiding from nobody and nobody hiding from me. Of course, nobody believes me! Is okay!
5,144
posted on
02/21/2014 9:08:13 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
Flees, and I am right at home!
5,145
posted on
02/21/2014 9:09:29 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
If any of them know what I babble on about, it would be appreciated if they clued me in.
Of course, then they would be trapped.
Stuck in my reality with no hope of escape!
Armed with only a fondue fork, a scrap of paper with 3-8-4 written on it, and a bizarre key.
Oh, that’s a text adventure.
5,146
posted on
02/21/2014 9:18:14 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Made plans and then they showed me the alley. I went down the alley and then saw what was happening ... 30 plus years ago. Lame-Stream-Media never traveled that alley.
5,147
posted on
02/21/2014 9:21:47 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: everyone
Then I knew I should pray ... Lord save me from them and theirs. I guess, I was lost! Whiskey Bottles?
5,148
posted on
02/21/2014 9:31:53 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
5,149
posted on
02/21/2014 9:35:43 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
I did see a Raccoon today. It sometimes depend on the song one want to hear today.
5,150
posted on
02/21/2014 9:38:17 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
5,151
posted on
02/21/2014 9:39:19 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
Guess should be down and gone, but woolly worm.
5,152
posted on
02/21/2014 9:49:16 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
Heard, Loud and Clear ... Wooly.
5,153
posted on
02/21/2014 9:53:11 PM PST
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no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: no-to-illegals
5,154
posted on
02/22/2014 2:46:39 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The future is not going to take us seriously.)
To: Tax-chick; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; ...
5,155
posted on
02/22/2014 2:49:15 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The future is not going to take us seriously.)
To: Tax-chick
Hyoomon!
Y u no warms outsides?!
5,156
posted on
02/22/2014 3:33:28 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare; Tax-chick
Morning Fellow Earthlings.
Sun, check.
Wind from south, check.
Warm, check.
Stuck at Work, check.
Lunch is on the horizon, running for its life.
5,157
posted on
02/22/2014 3:40:06 AM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: Darksheare; moose07
Morning/afternoon, gents. I’m on the way out the door to church. It’s a bit cold out there!
5,158
posted on
02/22/2014 3:42:18 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The future is not going to take us seriously.)
To: Tax-chick; moose07
I had to chip my car out of a layer of frost that was unholy.
Then there were idiots ignoring the icy conditions.
Just genius!
5,159
posted on
02/22/2014 3:43:50 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: moose07; Tax-chick
There is no escape for lunch.
Release the sabersawdog!
*dog festooned with sabersaw blades wanders into view, looks confused*
5,160
posted on
02/22/2014 3:45:50 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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