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.”

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Photo by: Nati Harnik GUNNING FOR A RUN: Rep. Steve King of Iowa takes Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas (right), a prospective Republican presidential candidate, on a pheasant hunt in Mr. King's home state, which will decide early winners and losers. The U.S. Border Patrol earlier this month arrested a 12-year-old illegal immigrant smuggling 80 pounds of marijuana from Mexico into Texas, reigniting a debate over controversial comments made by a Republican congressman earlier this year about children’s involvement in the cross-border drug trade http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/dec/27/12-year-old-drug-smuggler-reignites-immigration-de/#ixzz2ooYa7tVL

[Darksheare]

We will be on a Zot Thread this month for the first UT thread ping of 2014.
The hordes of undead waiting for the willing victims to appear espousing "amnesty" for illegal aliens!
Let the flesh harvest begin!

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[Darksheare]

We will be on a Zot Thread this month for the first UT thread ping of 2014.
The hordes of undead waiting for the willing victims to appear espousing "amnesty" for illegal aliens!
Let the flesh harvest begin!

...also helps if I actually have the ping list in the ping box...

What's this all about? Zotland the Craven		Some guidelines for posting on this thread. Some highlights of this thread.
	Spawn of the Undead Thread: The January 2014 Chronicles (redux) Ping! FReepmail Darksheare if you want on or off the ping list. This is a low volume ping list (every few days). Read: The December Chronicles (redux)

[Darksheare]

Psst, over this way.

[Monkey Face]

New digs, Kiddies!

The hot cocoa (laced with rum, or not) and chocolate chip cookies are available in the library on the mezzanine!

Don’t forget to wipe your feet, and thank the moving van for getting us here safely!

It’s a liberal jungle out there...

[Darksheare]

Last I saw, the moving van was mysteriously moving off with an arm leg or two poking out the back door.
The amnesty protestors seem to be missing a party member or three.

[Hot Tabasco]

the Senate Bill has a minimum of 13 years before anyone can become a citizen, they will not be voting soon

And the 1986 amnesty bill was supposed to be a one time fix.........How easy do you think it would be to change the 13 years to 5? We already saw how easy it was to pass Obamacare......

[Tax-chick]

Kitteh didn't want to be moved!

[Hot Tabasco]

people also come from Guatemala, El Salvador and other Central American countries

Hispanics are not the only illegals who have come into this country, the next largest group is quite likely from the middle east and THEY scare me more than hispanics.

[ColdOne]

Howdy...love the new digs!!! LOL. Only 9 degrees overnight. It is warm for us, it is usually -20 this time of year.

[JoeProBono]

[ColdOne]

Love that pic!!!! Don’t turn your back on that kitty!!! Morning!

[ColdOne]

Howdy Face how are you? How is stig?

[RKBA Democrat]

Happy New Year and happy undead thread!

Ok folks. What are your new years resolutions and have you broken them yet?

My resolutions:

1. Avoid darksheares coffee. (So far, so good.)

2. Get my voting addiction under control. (Doing OK on this one, but I think I’ll be needing special disciplinary training and retribution to stay on the wagon)

3. Exercise more (full failure so far, but the year is young).

[Darksheare]

I have no resolutions unless you count “Take over the world, crush and humiliate [this information is currently classified]”

[Scoutmaster]

I’ll bring the guacamole and work on the decorations committee.

[Tax-chick]

Good morning!

[FourtySeven]

Good satire thanks for the laugh!

[Monkey Face]

That was a crumby story...

[Monkey Face]

I make one Resolution a year, and have managed to keep it every year: Not to make more than one Resolution a year!

(I’m so proud of me!)