Asked what they think is a “desirable” number of legal immigrants per year, most Americans (76%) would prefer immigration be kept below current levels (i.e., they say they would like to see less than one million per year admitted).
In fact, a majority (58%) would prefer fewer than 300,000 enter per year.
Opinions vary somewhat by age, with older Americans taking a harder line against legal immigration; in fact, one in four of those age 65+ (25%) would prefer to see no legal immigrants enter per year, whereas only one in twenty (5%) of those 18-24 have the same view.
Your tedious chearleading for unfettered immigration conveniently ignores all the social costs and security risks that current immigration policies generate. If you could show me some articles that effectively refute Heather MacDonald's scholarship I would really appreciate it.
Here are some more links to Heather MacDonald.
I don't believe I did. The polls about illegal immigration are not worth the trouble to read. I can see the truth with my own eyes and I can discern the truth through critical analysis of the things I know and read.
Politicians are in the business of doing what their constituency wants them to do. If they fail to understand and do what the people want, then the people vote them out of office. Both parties are for increasing immigration and some form of amnesty. Therefore both parties think their position will win more votes than it will lose.
Polls tell us that people are against violence and sex on TV yet the ratings show that not to be the case.
When you ask someone a question in a poll, they will often give an answer that they think is appropriate. The fact is the opposition to illegal immigration is a mile wide and an inch deep. The American people will say something should be done about illegal immigration...but they ain't taking the time out of their busy schedules to write or phone a congressman.
Most Americans don't know the current levels of immigration, so if they say it should be lower what does that mean? Most Americans don't even think about the issue. ask a guy for a lot of money and he will say $100. Tell him you will give him a lot of money and he will be thinking $1000. Say a million or a billion or a trillion and their eyes glaze over. It is too difficult for most people to work with numbers like that.
Thanx for the links. I read that one already. I'm not going to refute McDonald point for point. If you have one or two points and you want me to explain why they are wrong I will do so, but please don't post a link to an article you obviously didn't spend anytime thinking about
Any critical thinker would read the first sentence and decide the author had an agenda and few fact to back the agenda up.
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are illegal aliens.
This is true but so is...
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are native born Americans.
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are white.
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are black.
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are people with birthdays in the last 3 months of the year.
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are people who drive Ford trucks .
Some of the most violent criminals at large today are people who hate Mexicans.
I just hope there are no violent criminals posting right fringe xenophobia at FR.