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08-23-2007, 04:20 AM #1
Immigration Economics 101
Immigration Economics 101
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By Staff reports
GateHouse News Service
Wed Aug 22, 2007, 11:55 AM EDT
http://www.townonline.com/roslindale/opinion/x875775664
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Both sides of the immigration debate wrap the issue in sentiment and oversimplification. Both talk about immigrants pursuing the American Dream, hungering for freedom and opportunity, embracing their new American identity. The only difference is that immigration advocates associate these sentiments with today's immigrants, while opponents reserve them for immigrants that arrived a century ago.
What the sentimental arguments and the legalistic arguments too often understate are the economic factors behind immigration. Most people's first loyalty is to their family, not to some idealized national identity. For centuries, people have come to America to make money. They have always sent some money to help family in the old country, and many immigrants have always dreamed of eventually returning home.
According to the Wall Street Journal, historians estimate that 30 percent of immigrants arriving between the Civil War and World War I returned to their country of origin. Italian immigrants in the early 20th century sent four out of every five dollars to family back home, one study found. There would be fewer Italian-American immigrants in Boston today, historians say, if World War I hadn't prevented thousands of homesick immigrants from returning to the old country.
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08-23-2007, 07:01 AM #2
THOUGH SOME IMMIGRANTS HAVE CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTED TO USA, IT IS UNTRUE THAT THEY ARE NECESSARY TO OUR SURVIVAL.
AT THIS STAGE IN HISTORY THEY ARE DRAGGING OUR COUNTRY DOWN, NOT GIVING IT WINGS. THE ATTITUDE OF PRESENT DAY IMMIGRANTS HAS CHANGED THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT USE TO MAKE IMMIGRATION WORK FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THEY DONT WANT TO BECOME A PART OF AMERICA, THEY JUST WANT TO USE HER. AND THEY WORK WAY TO CHEAP.
THERE IS SOON TO BE NO MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS BEEN A CORNER STONE OF AMERICAN LIFE SINCE IT'S BEGINNINGS. IT IS CHEAP IMMIGRANT LABOR CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN.
SO THE IMMIGRANT NO LONGER CONTRIBUTES TO AMERICA, THEY DRAIN HER.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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