4. Immigrants often serve our national economic interests by bringing skills and resources to the service of the U.S. economy. That is not the case for the largely unskilled and uneducated agricultural workers and casual laborers who make up the bulk of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico and Latin America. There is not very much in the way of plausible argument that these immigrants are very important to our economy, much less so very important that we should set aside law, caution, and sovereignty for their sake. Again, the national government acts for the sake of its citizens, not for the sake of citizens of other countries.
5. Immigration from nearby countries — and, to some extent, all modern immigration — presents absorption problems that were not present with, say, European immigrants in the late 18th and early 19th century. To have a few unassimilated ethnic and linguistic minorities is normal in a large, modern country. But it is one thing to have a couple of Ukrainian churches in Philadelphia or a handful of German-speaking communities in Texas. It is another thing to have a socio-linguistic Berlin Wall or three running through practically every community in the country. Adjacency to Mexico, along with easier travel and communication, makes assimilating Mexican immigrants more difficult than assimilating the Irish generations ago. This is not at all helped by opportunistic political entrepreneurs such as La Raza and MEChA, which cultivate racial sentiment and separatism within Hispanic communities. Some parts of the country, such as my native West Texas, have long been Anglo-Hispanic cultural hybrids, and that can be a wonderful thing. It is not necessarily a good model for the country at large
Both are a good refutation to the "they do the jobs Americans won't do" and "they're just like all previous generations of immigrants" lies that we're usually fed.
We are going to let China process our chicken products, the liberals have turned the central California valley into a dust bowl, and most of our fresh produce come from the illegals home countries to begin with if not South America.
We are bringing in plenty of unskilled and uneducated LEGAL immigrants. We have a kinship system where immigrants here can sponsor their relatives to join them. We bring in 1.1 million LEGAL immigrants a year with only about 12% coming here due to their skills.
LEGAL immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than the native born.
The bulk of LEGAL immigrants come from Mexico and Latin America.
