"Immigration reform" isn't intended to bring cheap labor into this country. It's aimed at bringing a new generation of consumers here -- which is why the automation argument doesn't hold any water in this debate.
Re: “Immigration reform” isn’t intended to bring cheap labor into this country. It’s aimed at bringing a new generation of consumers here — which is why the automation argument doesn’t hold any water in this debate.”
You make an important point, Alberta.
But I disagree with your math.
Immigration is the political subject I know best, and I think mass LEGAL immigration serves four purposes, all of them with some level of importance.
(1) Cheap and docile labor
(2) New consumers for American business
(3) Temporary income stream for Baby Boomer’s Social Security-Medicare
(4) Democrat Party voters
I think #4 is the most important.
New immigrant citizens vote 80% for the Democrat Party.
If they voted 80% Conservative, the Democrat Party would totally shut down legal immigration, and they would do it INSTANTLY.