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Unfettered Immigration Imperils Job Prospects, Wages, and Security for all Americans
Townhall.com ^ | January 17, 2021 | Jeff Davidson

Posted on 01/17/2021 4:26:34 AM PST by Kaslin

This past August, on the second night of the virtual RNC, it was inspiring to see the secretary of Homeland Security swear in five new American citizens and each new citizen then recognized by President Trump. 

The process of obtaining American citizenship was educational. Nevertheless, the Democrats under Joe Biden seek to enable everybody who crosses our borders to do so easily, without penalty, and to quickly be given an array of benefits.

Serving Citizens Comes First

It’s admirable when legal immigrants from other cultures influence the existing U.S. citizenry in positive ways. Concurrently, the "nation of immigrants" or "xenophobia" arguments used by some to justify the staggering toll of fence jumpers and anchor babies born in the U.S. is disingenuous and misses the mark. Likewise is attempting to enforce PC language, as in shunning terms such as "anchor babies," while ignoring reality: a nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation.

In April 2015, testimony before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, of the U.S. House Judiciary Committees, revealed that hundreds of thousands of children are born annually to an illegal-alien mother residing in the United States. Nationwide, in some years, as many as one in ten births are anchor babies.

All told, nearly five million children born in the U.S. and younger than 18 are living with at least one unauthorized immigrant parent. Five million anchor babies in the U.S., in a family of only four, means that perhaps 16,000,000 people benefit from deportation immunity. Did you get to vote on this transformation of American society? Was this the intent of the 14th Amendment? How about the additional millions of illegals having babies here?

What is a Nation?

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, “An estimated 49 percent of households headed by legal immigrants used one or more welfare programs in 2012, compared to 30 percent of households headed by natives.” Illegal immigrants typically access welfare programs via their U.S. born children, to whom federal government programs and assistance are guaranteed. 

American-born children of illegal aliens have been entitled to American health care, public schools, and other amenities, while some of these same illegal-alien households don’t pay taxes. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that between 50% and 75% of illegal immigrants pay federal, state, and local taxes – thus between 25% and 50% of illegal immigrants do not pay taxes.

Despite the non-stop propaganda from the Left, President Trump advocated for sensible immigration policies, while observing that:

Considering all unfunded liabilities, we are a nation with $158+ trillion in debt. Pandemic or not, we need an immigration moratorium or a reduction in immigration for a while, and not an opening of the floodgates.

A Rapid About-Face

Fifteen years ago, every prominent politician on the left, from Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and numerous others in the House, was a staunch advocate for limited and tightly controlled immigration. Each of them made statements, wrote on the topic, and informed their constituents of their viewpoint. 

Democrats then began to fear the erosion of their base. Unless they started recruiting immigrants en masse, and cheat in historic ways, they might not win another major election. So, in the intervening years, they became pro-open borders advocates, knowing that flooding the U.S. with immigrants would work in their favor. 

North of 80 percent of immigrants who become citizens vote Democrat in their early years of citizenship. When you know that most of the invading masses will punch a ticket for your side, why wouldn’t you want to invite even more?

Open the Gates!

By 2016, Democrats claimed that open borders and waves of immigrants were part of “who we are.” The vile Nancy Pelosi, in her most pseudo-earnest terms, would step behind the lectern and speak to the cameras convincingly. In 2020, every Democratic presidential candidate announced during a debate, recorded forevermore, that they were in favor of giving illegal immigrants full health benefits. 

Sweet! All you have to do is cross the border and make your way into the country and you hit the health benefits jackpot. Nevermind what tens of millions of Americans have already paid in for years. Nevermind that millions who want to become legal citizens have been patiently waiting in line.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; bidenadministration; border; demonratvoters; economy; immigration
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1 posted on 01/17/2021 4:26:34 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

If the Pedophile and Whore take over on Wednesday, this Country is HISTORY!!!


2 posted on 01/17/2021 4:28:29 AM PST by afchief
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All this is true but,OTOH,it ensures that the Rat Party will control *everything* for the rest of this nation's history.

It's all spelled out in pages 88 to 176 of Rules For Radicals.

3 posted on 01/17/2021 4:30:23 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Kaslin
Back to the same old bullshiite.
4 posted on 01/17/2021 4:41:22 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Kaslin

Dems dont care


5 posted on 01/17/2021 4:49:22 AM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: joshua c

Just elect more Republicans. That will fix everything. /s


6 posted on 01/17/2021 4:52:17 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Kaslin

Unfettered Immigration Imperils Job Prospects, Wages, and Security for all Americans And Is The HarrisXiden Plan For The Area Formerly Known As America


7 posted on 01/17/2021 4:54:08 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Kevmo

The “Dem votes/Repub labor” theme isn’t really applicable anymore; the Dems just proved that 30 million fraudulent ballots serve the same purpose as 30 million live foreigners casting ballots, and this country has no shortage of workers. A more accurate theme would be Dems wanting more consumers of “public services”/Big Gubmint (especially public school students), while the Repubs want more consumers of goods/services (even if paid for by “safety net” wealth transfers from taxes levied on Americans) such as food, rent, etc..

This outcome was inevitable once Americans consistently had a negative birth rate; even during this ChiCom scamdemic, no gubmint workers are losing their jobs.


8 posted on 01/17/2021 4:56:53 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

unfettered immigration makes DC lobbyists and politicians rich...


9 posted on 01/17/2021 5:03:05 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: kearnyirish2

Isn’t applicable any more???? WTF?

Biden announced his plan to give them amnesty.

What color is the sky on the planet you dwell on?


10 posted on 01/17/2021 5:08:04 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: lodi90

Just elect more Republicans. That will fix everything. /s
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See the /s tag. Republicans absolutely love the Cheap Indian Labor Express. Remember when Trump banned the filthy trash from the US? Republicans placed full-page ads in major newspapers to register their objections and expected Trump to reconsider?


11 posted on 01/17/2021 5:53:20 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: Kaslin

Yep. “America First” is now considered Hate Speech.


12 posted on 01/17/2021 6:27:00 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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To: Kaslin

It imperils us totally. At its core is the desire to destroy the West.


13 posted on 01/17/2021 6:38:25 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Kaslin

There are 30-60 million illegal aliens already in the US, who Trump failed to deport. Now Biden will get to add millions more to the mix. Sad.


14 posted on 01/17/2021 7:23:43 AM PST by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Worker)
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To: Kevmo

Indeed elections don’t even work any more.


15 posted on 01/17/2021 8:58:22 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Kaslin

Jobs and economy have nothing to do with the democrat inspired waves of illegal aliens. These are people who have no education, whose idea of normal is living under dictatorships with no civil liberties, and who have no experience with or knowledge of a Constitution. They are just ripe for making up the core of the new underclass in America, one of the two intended classes: Rich democrat (the new PRI), who are educated in elite private schools, and the drones, who get the NEA crap designed to keep them under.


16 posted on 01/17/2021 9:12:41 AM PST by DPMD
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I wonder how many liberal tech folks are prepared for what is coming.

My SIL just sold the family company where they found contract jobs for folks in IT.

She was commenting that they sold at the perfect time. A robust enough economy for the types she dealt with that could work from home. But now that the H1B-visa pipeline is about to be wide open again, all those folks will be out of work.

President Donald Trump did everything he could for the American IT worker. His latest EO mandated that a company wanting an H1B visa holder to be paid the market wage that a US born worker would get. Thus, taking away the incentive of hiring some Indian. All of that will be gone with the stroke of a pen in the coming weeks.

She’s as Conservative as they get so all she does is laugh at them. Oh well, you get the government you vote for.


17 posted on 01/17/2021 10:04:28 AM PST by qaz123
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To: Kevmo

You’re misunderstanding my post; the REASON both halves of the Uniparty/Republocrats want them here has changed. They want CONSUMERS - we don’t need workers, and the Dems just made it clear they don’t need VOTERS - they need 30 million pieces of paper (ballots) even if they are all filled out by one person.


18 posted on 01/19/2021 3:19:20 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

If that was your point then you need to write more clearly and take a simple logic class.


19 posted on 01/19/2021 3:01:32 PM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Kaslin

If anyone has a chance to study the daughter of @stanzimir (twitter) you would be tempted to start an account just to be his friend.

A great guy whose family was rocked by illegal immigration.

Does this ring a bell? “I was aiming at a seal.”


20 posted on 01/19/2021 3:06:45 PM PST by Twitmo (@Tail_Whpper in Gab and the Twit swamp.)
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