Trump’s Hint to Increase Legal Immigration, Automation Dooms American Workers

Breitbart ^ | 2/13/19 | John Binder

[central_va]

President Trump’s hint that he will increase legal immigration levels and a pending automation doomsday that lawmakers have yet to regulate threatens millions of America’s working and middle class workers.

This week, Trump reiterated for the third time in a few weeks that he believes the U.S. should be increasing already historic levels of legal immigration — where more than 1.2 million legal immigrants are admitted every year at the expense of American taxpayers who are forced to subsidize the scheme through depressed wages and fewer job prospects

[central_va]

So we outsource our top paying jobs to India and China which takes away jobs from probably half our college graduates; Than we automate all our industries and businesses so we hurt the middle class; than we give our lower jobs to all the immigrants legal or illegal; Now where does that leave Americans? There is no politician that is going to make America "GREAT" whether it's Trump, conservatives, independents, democrats, socialists or communists. I don't care what side you are on we are all getting screwed! People need to take the country back.

--TheWall (Breitbart comment)

[small farm girl]

How about a moratorium on immigration for a full generation instead. /Not sarc

[CincyRichieRich]

I know this is Breitbart and Breitbart is a wonderful Source one that I generally trust. However I seriously doubt President Trump wants to do all these things that are said in this article. I tend to look at what he has done which is what? He has created millions of jobs he has built up the middle class he is allowed people who own companies hire more people that stares in the face of what this article says. Therefore once in awhile Breitbart may get it wrong.

[ncalburt]

We do not need any more White collar Foreign invaders .
Enough of this insanity .
What other 1st world country sells out its Children future to foreign cheap labor labor taking white collar jobs .

Try doing this in New Zealand . They would throw you in a Volcano What did the Koch Bros promise Trump on Jan 9 at their WH dinner ?

Koch Bros hate trump and his base ? The Koches hate Americans .

[indthkr]

As one Princeton University study showed, there aren't many jobs that can't be eliminated with automation.

See the movie "Brazil"

[entropy12]

So you are working on defeating Trump in 2020 and hoping for a democrat to win? Good luck with that. We have already imported 35 million LEGAL immigrants in 30 Years, before Trump was in office. See my tag line.

Trump is trying his best to change immigration based on merit instead of merely have a relative on green card in US to get admitted as legal immigrant.

[Cassius Flavia Agrippa]

Trump was ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR about wanting LOTS more immigrants.

[central_va]

There is not other country that it is worse to be born in than America. Your future is not bright especially if you are cursed being a young, white and male.

No other country treats it's indigenous citizenry so poorly as the USA. Even Zimbabwe has more respect for it citizens than the USA.

[CincyRichieRich]

I believe Rush Limbaugh has a term for that where President Trump says one thing and then totally changes it a few days later. Keep an eye on it. If his position on it doesn’t change then we should probably start a recall. We should probably find a candidate from the GOP to take his place. Right?

[central_va]

F U . What good is victory if we sell out to foreign national scum. We end up in socialist hell either way.

[central_va]

Why can’t they make their own sh!th0les better, like India?

[Huskrrrr]

“Now where does that leave Americans?”

AOC guaranteed income paychecks

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Build a comprehensive border wall, curtail illegal immigration, and then a few years later we can look at expanding legal immigration. What is the point in even making a distinction about legal immigration if we condone illegal immigration?

[taterjay]

I think AI will replace ‘white collar’ as much as robots will ‘blue collar’.

[Texas Fossil]

Bump

[dowcaet]

I agree with you, but that should of been done a generation ago!

[Nifster]

That comment is ignorant.
This article throws around numbers as if they mean what the author says they mean.

Headline writer botches completely

[entropy12]

I left India in 1960. Last visit was in 1986. But I have a cousin who travels there often (he gets very cheap air travel as retired employee of United Airlines). He says India is 10 times more prosperous now compared to when we both left in 1960’s. It all changed when the big gov’t Congress party lost to the capitalist party of current prime minister Modi.

So why are so many Indians going to every prosperous country?
India is less than 1/3 size of United States, but has nearly 4 times bigger population. And India graduates more STEM students than United States. So too many people and not enough opportunities. Which is why you will find college educated Indians in UK, Germany, USA, Australia, Singapore, and dozens of other prosperous countries.

[Nifster]

This was fast and lose by the author. Trying to prove what isn’t true

[mjp]

Increased legal immigration, as long as it is controlled leads to orderly increased supply of labor, which increases the degree of division of labor, which leads to increased productivity of labor. Also, increases in labor saving devices leads to increased productivity of labor.

The principle that increases in productivity of labor leads to increased average real wage rates (not money wage rates) and increased standard of living of the average worker, works best in the context of a free, rational, modern capitalistic economy.