Dragonlady
Designing Woman
So THIS makes your day ? >>>This made my day. The third Federal Court to rule against the Trump Administration on DACA. And it was done so poetically
Another Federal Judge Rules Against Trump's Order To Cancel DACA | HuffPost
Harms of Immigration
1. Americans lose jobs.
2. Wage reduction.
3. Tax $ lost (due to off books work + lower wages paid).
4. Remittance $$$ lost. ($138 Billion year).
5. Tax $$ lost to immigrants on welfare.
6. Increased crime.
7. Increased traffic congestion.
8. Increased pollution.
9. Overcrowding in hospital ERs.
10. Overcrowding in recreational facilities.
11. Overcrowding in government offices.
12. Overcrowding in schools.
13. Decrease in funds available for entitlements.
14. Cultural erosion.
15. Overuse of scarce resources (oil, gasoline, fresh water, jobs, electricity, food, etc)
16. Introduction of foreign diseases.
17. Influx of terrorists (Ex. ISIS tucked in with "Syrian refugees")
You should relabel your post to call it “17 lies the right believes about immigration”.
1. Americans don’t “lose jobs” because of immigration, they gain them. Immigrants buy food, clothing, furniture, cars. They go out to restaurants, movies and amusement parks. Setting up a home in a new country means a huge investment in durables, creatingits of jobs for Americans.
2. What wage reductions?
3. That’s not the fault of immigrants. That’s dishonest Anerican employers who should be charged, and fined.
4. It’s their money. They earned it. They can send it back to family if they want.
5. Offset by the immigrants who are paying their taxes. Fewer immigrants are on welfare than Anerican born citizens.
6. Immigrants have much lower crime rates than natural born citizens.
7. Yet another reason why infrastructure spending needs to keep pace with population. Building road would create more jobs too.
8. Speak to Scott Pruitt about that one. He’s the one who’s cutting clean air and water regulations and reducing emissions standards.
9. See item 7. Also, single payer health care will reduce ER visits substantially. People will go to the doctor when they get sick instead of waiting until they’re in crisis tonserk care.
10. 11. 12. Weak. Very weak. But see response 7.
13. Entitlements are paid for with tax dollars. The more immigrants, the more tax dollars are available. So 13 is the opposite of what you said.
14. Cultural erosion?!? No way. Cultural enrichment. I lived in one of the greats immigrant cities in the world for 40 years. A city where white people are a minority. The thing I miss most about living in the city is mixing with people of other cultures. WASPs in large numbers are boring.
15. Again speak to Scott Pruitt. He doesn’t think these things are an issue or need protecting.
16. Immigrants have to be healthy and provide a medical certificate in order to get a visa but nice try.
17. More people have been killed by American born terrorists since 9/11 than have been killed by immigrants.