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  1. Immigration should not exceed the rate of assimilation and integration.

    Illegal immigration, by the millions, is evidence of problems at the origin, and is a sponsor of corruption at the destination.

    Catastrophic anthropogenic immigration reform is a cover-up of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change caused by social justice adventurism in elective regime changes, extrajudicial trials, and delegated responsibility.

    The abortion industry and [class] diversity institutions have a conflict of interest when partnering with anti-native, pro-immigrant factions.

  2. The Left has weaponized immigration, both legal and illegal immigration. The Right must regard it as a weapon being used against America and treat it as such.

  3. Your excerpt of the Borjas article is good as far as it goes. But in focusing on employment and the labor market, it ignores the consumer product market where lower prices contribute to increasing the real incomes of all consumers, not just the ones producing the goods.

  4. I disagree with weintraub’s unsupported thesis, which can be summarized as saying that wide open borders will enrich all consumers. Patently absurd.
    I believe Borjas, who I believe has done his homework.

  5. Frog & Andy Weintraub:

    Borjas does believe that low-skilled immigration benefits Americans as a whole…for the reasons Andy stated: lower labor costs translate to lower prices which translates into an increase in the real income of Americans as a whole.

    But:

    1. The increase is very small.

    2. More importantly, the distribution is uneven. Or, low-skilled immigration puts downward pressure on the income of the native poor.

    In other words, he’s making an income-inequality argument.

  6. There is an income inequality argument. Illegals lower wages, especially in the construction sector. They are paid in cash, often 5 bucks an hour instead of 15 or 20 bucks per hour. They pay no taxes and remit perhaps half of that to their home country. The unethical employer in their bids factor their labor costs at 7 or 8 bucks per hour and pockets the rest.

    Nice scam that puts American citizens out out the roofing, repair, remodeling, concret work, etc job market. Meanwhile the illegals receive food, medical, rent assistance. Their kds get free education; while the legal resident construction worker is on the unemployment line.

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