Times have changed and the world has changed. The American Dream has morphed into a giant piñata. Immigrants used to come here for the opportunities. Now they come here for freebies, handouts and celebrity status as a “minority”. Lots of lawsuits in that.
Like all the others, the author misses the fact that we don’t have an expanding frontier or a growing industry to provide opportunities for semi- and un-skilled laborers.
We don’t need to import further burdens on the taxpayer and our bankrupt government.
The only question when it comes to admitting immigrants should be “What is in it for the United States and its citizens?”
And he conveniently failed to mention anything about the gargantuan welfare state that is drawing most immigrants these days, as well as the political and bureaucratic stewards of the welfare class in who's interest it is clearly in to invite more and more basket cases into the country for taxpayers to support.
And its time to drop all the pollyanna crap about noble immigrants of all stripes - its burying us. Face it, some immigrants coming here today are desirable, most are NOT.
More liberal claptrap. Yes we are nation of immigrants. No I have not forgotten or lost sight of thIS history. The history of immigrants of the past has no relation to the illegal alien debate of today.
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