Thread: THE IMMIGRATION SOLUTION

See Below From http://www.manhattan-institute.org/immi ... _solution/ a highlight of a great book on solving our immigration. Also see http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?Prog ... ayMedia=No for an actual briefing on the issue and teh book by the authors. Just click on "watch now" button about top right.

THE IMMIGRATION SOLUTION:
A Better Plan Than Today's
(Ivan R. Dee, 2007)

By Heather Mac Donald, Victor Davis Hanson, and Steven Malanga

Introduction by Myron Magnet
Undoubtedly the United States needs a liberal and welcoming immigration policy, geared to the needs and interests of the nation. In this urgent new book, three astute observers argue that we have lost control of our southern border, so that the vast majority of our immigrants are now illegal Mexicans. Poor, uneducated, and unskilled, these newcomers add much less to the national wealth than they cost the taxpayers for their health care, the education of their children, and (too often) their incarceration. The Immigration Solution proposes a policy that admits skilled and educated people on the basis of what they can do for the country, not what the country can do for them.

About the Authors

Heather Mac Donald is author of The Burden of Bad Ideas and Are Cops Racist? and lives in New York City. Victor Davis Hanson's most recent book is A War Like No Other; his syndicated column appears in newspapers throughout the country. He lives in Palo Alto, California. Steven Malanga's most recent book is The New New Left. He lives in New Jersey. All three are contributing editors of City Journal.



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ADVANCE PRAISE

"The Immigration Solution is a cogent analysis of our illegal immigration crisis and the public policy choices facing America. This book is a critically important read for our elected officials and the citizens they should be representing."
—Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor, Lou Dobbs Tonight

"The Immigration Solution demolishes open-borders myths and provides a clear, sane path toward an immigration plan that benefits America and adheres to the rule of law. Heather Mac Donald, Victor Davis Hanson, and Steven Malanga battle muddled amnesty, advocates with impeccable logic, facts, and principle. This book is not just a must-read. It's a must-do."
—Michelle Malkin, author of Invasion

"In this book, the writers from City Journal again show why that magazine is so indispensable. Having helped change conventional wisdom on the urban problems of crime and welfare, they have now taken a hard look at an issue even more suffused with sentimentality and cliche. The Immigration Solution is essential reading for anyone seeking to develop an informed opinion on this vital national issue."
—Mark Krikorian, executive director, Center for Immigration Studies

"The divisive debate over immigration is going to continue for some time to come. Mac Donald, Malanga, and Hanson lucidly present their concerns over the current direction of immigration policy and offer more than a few suggestions for change. Even if you disagree with their preferred policy changes, their suggestions are serious, provocative, and worthy of careful thought—and, regardless of your ideological background, you might actually find yourself nodding more than a few times as you read through the book."
—Dr. George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and author of Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy

The Immigration Solution proposes a policy that admits skilled and educated people on the basis of what they can do for the country, not what the country can do for them.

THAT'S the key and has always been the key!

Poor, uneducated, and unskilled, these newcomers add much less to the national wealth than they cost the taxpayers

I don't think the "unskilled labor" economic argument holds up. This group does produce a lot of hardworking people who do contribute to our national economy. The larger issue is that too many Americans have redefined "work" and thus we have developed a national addiction to importing labor. But either way, it is a downward spiral. Our own society has been producing more hot headed, abusive people that are looking out for number one---and now they are extending those "values" to these illegal immigrants.

WSJ contributor Peter Schiff, President of Euro Pacific Capital has had some comments on "the bloated service sector."

I was under the impression that the ONGOING Illegal Ivasion was a plan...To create a North American Union?
That plan conceived by a group of ELITIST.
Then on the other hand... One can see the OPEN BORDERS crowd who want as many ILLEGALS to cross into America to TAKE BACK what we evil whites stole... They want to create AZATLAN.
I guess you could include one more group into the MELTING POT.
The LAW ABIDING, PATRIOTIC, TAX PAYING AMERICAN VOTER.
I fall into this group, and it gets SMALLER EVERY DAY!
Which group will WIN? Which group will SUCCEED?