Posted on 02/08/2005 6:21:09 AM PST by kellynla
IN HIS State of Union speech, President Bush vowed to “build a better world for our children and grandchildren,” and to “keep America the economic leader of the world.” But his immigration proposal, if adopted, will have unintended opposite results.
Since the President announced his defacto immigration plan a year ago, illegal immigration has skyrocketed. Time magazine estimated last September that 3 million illegal aliens would enter this country in 2004 alone. Last December, Barron’s reported that this country’s illegal immigration population was estimated to be 18 to 20 million and that the U.S. underground economy, fueled “largely by the nation’s swelling ranks of low-wage illegal immigrants,” was approaching $1 trillion.
Yet, part of President Bush’s defacto amnesty plan would substantially increase the incoming flow of low-skilled workers. His proposal would reward millions of foreign nationals who have broken our immigration laws by granting them temporary work visas and, subsequently, U.S. citizenship. Once naturalized, legalized migrants could petition for their extended families to immigrate to the United States, thus adding unlimited numbers of mostly low-skilled workers to burden our economy and government budgets.
President Bush argues that immigrants take jobs that Americans aren’t willing to do. But in areas with low levels of immigration, low-income Americans still hold low-end positions. Furthermore, this country still has millions of unemployed and underemployed low-skilled legal residents as well as able-bodied welfare recipients. Why aren’t they given incentives to take those jobs?
To “keep America the economic leader of the world,” as the President promised, we need to drastically reduce low-skilled immigration because our high-tech economy requires a highly skilled workforce to prosper. Also, the “No Child Left Behind” policy should apply only to legal resident students: American children are reportedly falling behind in education compared to those in many European and Asian countries,
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