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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...
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. Its fluid, which is how we want it to be.
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12/27/2013 1:44:43 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Old Sarge
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12/27/2013 1:48:02 PM PST
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TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: TheOldLady
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Comment #45 Removed by Moderator
To: honestabe010
What does not happen and will never happen is for immigration policy to be made with the interests of citizens first and foremost.
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posted on
12/27/2013 1:55:13 PM PST
by
marron
To: honestabe010
If all that crap were true México wouldn’t be a sewer.
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12/27/2013 2:00:33 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
To: politicallyhomeless2434
Welcome to FR, troll number 2.
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12/27/2013 2:09:36 PM PST
by
ansel12
( Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
To: politicallyhomeless2434
To: politicallyhomeless2434; 50mm; darkwing104; Arrowhead1952; Darksheare; TheOldLady
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:27:17 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
To: honestabe010
Just what we need - more rat voters. No thanks.
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12/27/2013 2:40:30 PM PST
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Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: Old Sarge; politicallyhomeless2434; Admin Moderator
Been a while since there have been two zots on one thread.
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:43:32 PM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: honestabe010
The number of jobs in the United States is not static. Its fluid, which is how we want it to be.
Uh-huh, that means something Pedro?
To: Old Sarge
I have to agree with the Kitteh...trolls smellz funny...
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:49:25 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound!)
To: politicallyhomeless2434
Oh, look, it’s the post-and-run Christie lover. So you like illegals, too? What’s your position on feces-ingesting queers?
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12/27/2013 2:50:22 PM PST
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CatherineofAragon
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To: TheOldLady; Darksheare; NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; Dead Corpse; All
Are we moving, yet???
We’re over 2000 posts....
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:51:23 PM PST
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Monkey Face
(Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound!)
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:54:58 PM PST
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: honestabe010
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:55:17 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Monkey Face
We’ve only been a month at the old thread. On the other hand, if we stay much longer, I’ll have to clean.
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posted on
12/27/2013 2:57:56 PM PST
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Tax-chick
("Try not to get too far ahead in the story. Spoilers abound." ~ Nicknamedbob)
To: Regulator
Minor corollary question: if tens of millions of Mexicans will make the United States a better place, why didnt it work in Mexico?Case Closed.
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12/27/2013 2:58:54 PM PST
by
Dagnabitt
(Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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