I am looking at the immigration problem from the perspective of an older person who has lived in Texas all my life. My reason for wanting a halt to legal and illegal immigration is the very frightening loss of the American way of life. There is just no way we can put a price on that. It has been paid for with the life and limbs of too many Americans to give it away for the bottom line of corporations.
Our government has decided that people coming into this country do not need to even make an effort to become part of it. We will accommodate them in language, etc. That is just not right.
I am frightened, very frightened. Many of these people pay no taxes and depend on other taxpayers to provide the things that are their own responsibilities, ignore the laws of this country, and have no respect for it or no desire to become an American, except for the economic aspect.
Without all this cheap labor (that isn't so cheap to the taxpayers), we will have fewer advances in mechanization. If we need people with specialized training, then train them. I still have the belief that Americans can rise to the occasion. Some may have to be nudged, but I think they would.