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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...
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.”
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I’ve done that, too! Thanks for the link!
No need to thank me...it comes free on the Undead Thread!
(And we just love you! Happy New Year!)
Turns out the abumnibabbling snowbeasterns are the b crew, interns, cannon fodder.
Kerblacht is sitting on a shelf looking drape-ish.
It buzz/rattles whenever I try to move her.
Hmmm..nesting.
Thank you so much for posting! Aren’t they gorgeous? Please give Fredd a hugh hug for me!
Eh, that other thread was twerpy anyway.
Ay yi yi! Keep warm!
It’s raining here. Jake didn’t like it.
Sweet dreams, Mr. Moose!
I think I’m missing a neutron. Have you found any?
“What flavor of immigrants? Legal ones? I think a LOT of cherry picking is going on here. “
You bet-—they worded it to make their point.
“Natives” would include American born blacks which are a large majority of the prison population.
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I usually like rain because it gives me a valid excuse to stay in and cook something nice and read. Poor Jake. He has no one who kicks him out of the house to have fun.
Snowflakes with extra neutrons fall faster and straighter. It's the heavy-water component that does it.
I thought you said "varnish."
What kind of oil do you use?
I was trying to catch raindrops on my tongue. Those raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling.
It stopped snowing here so I’ll be on the lookout for some freezy precipitation!
Great song!
Maybe you should do you some talking to the sun, about the way he gets things done, sleeping on the job, an’ ‘at.
He’s Jewish, you know.
His name is Sol.
Liquid shortening. Has a really nice buttery taste to it. I have to get it at Costco, with my Mom or Dad because they have memberships....
Burt and Hal wrote it BJ Thomas sang it. Good song.
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