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Like it or not the U.S. is highly reliant on immigrant labor and has been throughout our history. The reality is this country was built by immigrants whether from Europe or other continents. Look at who picks our food, replaces our roofs, builds and paints our houses, tends those green areas we like so much. For the most part they are immigrants, who also built our first transcontinental railroads, work in the factories and more. We need immigrants and we need a way for immigrants to become citizens who contribute to this nation; like it or not.
The problem remains, legal vs. illegal immigrants. We all want and need legal immigration, but these articles and pundits continue to mix all into one. The illegal immigrants, especially criminals, are the only issue. This automatic narrative of just saying immigrants has totally confused the public. It’s the illegal and criminal immigrants that are being pursued. But of course, the narrative sells more media.
It’s the fault of the media that Republicans can be brought into a froth by saying the words “white replacement theory”?
America has a long history of blaming everything on immigrants. Rare is the person who doesn’t have such a “undesirable” in their family tree.
But Republicans have made it pretty clear that they aren’t just interested in illegal immigrants. People are being questioned by authorities just for how they look, Republicans are gutting existing, LEGAL protections for immigrants, and Republicans are deliberately making it more difficult to legally immigrate here.
Republicans still haven’t figured out that “banning” things or intentionally throwing wrenches in administrative gears doesn’t actually stem the unwanted activities or behaviors. Lowering how many legal immigrants can come to our country in any given year, limiting funds for immigration processing, and setting arbitrary wealth requirements for immigrants (sorry, no poors!) doesn’t decrease immigration. It just makes desperate people find illegal avenues to get the job done. It didn’t work with alcohol, it hasn’t worked with sex work, it didn’t work with weed, and it won’t work with immigration.
Until Republicans actually put up a plan to fix legal immigration and make it so that those who actually want to seek opportunity can come here, not just already-wealthy foreigners, then I don’t buy the argument of “Well, it’s only about illegal immigration.” Republicans set the bar for what was illegal back in the Reagan Administration. So why haven’t they taken any action on it since?
How many illegal immigrants are criminals? And how many legal immigrants are criminals?
Please provide data supporting the assertion. How many? From where? Which crimes?
What about the crime [by US citizens] of knowingly hiring those without legal status.
The often stated concern about immigrant criminals is vastly exaggerated — a scare and scapegoat tactic to garner votes from those who are ignorant of facts.
Still, a major component of the construction industry is manpower from individuals who do not have legal status in the US. But states such as Texas benefits massively from low cost labor from these individuals yet the governor hypocritically rails against illegal immigrants. Why has ICE not focused on Texas, a state with companies which have for decades employed massive numbers of people without legal status at low pay and in an exploitative situation.
Foreign labor allows the US to enjoy its relatively high standard of living. And those without legal status pay taxes benefitting state and federal coffers but get nothing in return as they cannot file taxes.
Lastly, many companies and businesses hire individuals worth full knowledge that they do not have legal status. Why not call the employers on the carpet.