Well, it is true that immigration is a recurring theme in our culture. The vast majority of us are either immigrants or descended from them. Yet, with time, I start to see a lot of negative things about immigration. I've become a bit more conservative about immigration in recent years because I've seen how we're letting in an excess of unskilled workers, while unskilled jobs are shrinking in number.Liberal-Sl@yer wrote:
Well im saying that we enfource our borders yes, but we should make immigration eaiser. Immigration like it or not everybody is what makes america. Without diffrent cultures in our enviorment we would all be protesnt whites owning slaves.
We also have issues with our native-born labor. We seriously need to up the vocational education of our working class. It's pretty sad when a lot of Americans are having to compete with illegals for shitty jobs. Our own working class should be better educated and more skilled, but unfortunately, we have an education system that is far too focused on academics and not enough on trades.
Most white people in America are descended from European immigrants that came here at a time when we had a factory-based economy. We needed loads of people to work in these factories, and our GDP grew as a result of these people. Nowadays, we have a service based economy, and while there are still many unskilled jobs to go around, the influx of unskilled immigrants will soon surpass the number of unskilled jobs available. It's a very bad thing to have large numbers of poor people without work enter your country. Look at what happened to France a few years ago.
Essentially, we need to limit immigration more by making stricter requirements for immigration (namely income and skill requirements) while taking some time out to better educate the people already here.
That may seem somewhat classist, but every other First World nation in the world has at least a few skill requirements in their immigration policy.
In the short run, yes. The long run isn't that simple. Mexico has a very high birth rate. We need to be careful in how we deal with the ramifications of this. If we essentially have an open door policy, be prepared to see America turn into a pseudo-Mexican culture. I don't have a problem with having to learn a second language, but I do have a problem with burdening our social systems with a massive underclass. The standard of living in America will considerably fall if we let in too many of these immigrants because the vast majority of them are poor.Liberal-Sl@yer wrote:
If we make the act of obtaining citizenship easier then the illegal acts to get into this country will die down. Immigrants come here for work yes? Then why would they take the illegal option, get put in jail or get screwed outta pay, and possible deported when we are offering them the chance to immigrate legal with ease as long as they get a job which is what about 60-70% of immigrant families want.