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Yes our population is growing rapidly. |
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That's what America is. However, I don't like people crossing the border illegally...but I guess
that shows how much people like us. :) |
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Yes it can be good if its do the right way |
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Yay for immigrants! Don't you love those degraded people fleeing from their original countries of
birth?? |
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Well aren't we all Immigrants? No one in the world has truly American blood.
Also don't forget Inventions from the family of immigrants. |
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It is what this country was built on. But people have to come here legally. |
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Immigration is what America is. And you need immigrants to do jobs Americans don't want to. |
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Yes and no. They do the jobs Americans are to stuck up to do. |
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Immigration is what made this country what it is today, good or bad. America is a country of all
immigrants unless you are a Native American. If it was not for immigration, we would not have much
of our scientists, engineers and other technical people. Over the years, immigration has provided a
willing workforce, if we didn't have the European Immigrants in the early and mid 20th century, many
of the industrial growth would not have happened. |
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Obviously, there is no doubt that immigration is being proved a very good thing for America. Gone
are those days when people from different countries come to America legally and become Americans.
But the whole scenario has been changed these days. People are coming to America illegally, working
and using all the social benefits & services and finally the profits are sending back to their home
country. This is happening only because people are not interested to become a proper American. They
are just using this country only to get the profit. Therefore the economic system of America is
getting down day by day and also the public assistance agencies are getting burdened. These people
do not desire to have a citizenship and thus they tend to be more criminal prone. Thus immigration
should be made compulsory for these reasons and America would be saved by this. |
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America is historically and fundamentally a nation of immigrants. However, illegal immigration
should not even have a place in this debate. Illegal immigration is inherently illegal and is
therefore harmful to our nation. |
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I do agree that immigration is good for America. America is a developed country. Per capita income
of America in 2003 was approximately 37,500$ which is now increased enormously. So people dream
about living and earning in America. People also know that one would find social security (like
employment, health and education) benefits if they get the immigration. The most wanted immigrants
by America are skilled workers and they are contributing a great deal in the economy of the country.
This is the reason that America is progressing by leap and bounds. |
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America is a nation of inmigrants. They should keep this in mind and give more opportunities to the
rest of the people that want to join their nation. |
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We need to take care of the people here who are living on the streets of America! When we can take
care of everyone living here legally than maybe we can open the gates for immigration again but for
now i think we need to be selfish.
My opinion may not be the most popular but honestly I do not care it is the way I feel and I am
entitled to my opinion. |
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Illegal immigration has tainted the immigration issue. Here's one example:
Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep.
Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually
by illegal aliens. That's 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.
Total U.S. Troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. Troop deaths in
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at
289, according to the Department of Defense. |
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AMERICA has legalized ILLEAGAL immigration. It should be legal to migrate equally!!! IT SHOULD NOT
dependion on where you are comming from to determan how much it costs and where you stand in line.
This system has fallen apart. Leagalize EQUAL immigration!! |
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Immigrants take jobs that legal citizens could have. |
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Technically we were immigrated but not a hole lot
ILIGAL IS WRONG we moved here from England (my ancestors)
to find a better trade route to asia then we found America and stayed here for the chocolate and
foods
WE WERE NOT ILLIAGL the Mexicans ARE that's y minimum moneys up to keep them out so everything goes
up and its tear in apart America |
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LEGAL immigration is what this country was built on.......illegal Anything is WRONG |
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I don't know about America but it certainly is not for England |
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Immigration is ruining the UK also, and so I know how you feel. It should be tightly controlled
with specific numbers only from certain chosen countries...it is a nightmare! |
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Immigration is ruining this country.The US is overpopulated as it is.We also have enough home grown
criminals running around without allowing more to move in. |
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Amore01 said it perfectly, immigration is good to an extent, but the biggest problem is that the gov
doesn't even care when they are here illegally |
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Since the debate topic does not differentiate between legal and illegal immigration, and for other
reasons, I must disagree that it is good for the US overall to accept more of immigrants (adjust
level /quota upward ). And since no background context of the debate topic is given which supports
an arbitrary statement of economic benefit and social security (did you just pull that out of the
air?), let me do some of your homework for you.
From an economic standpoint, one can say that immigration does have limited advantages, but
nothing that sways the pendulum to overall economic growth or advantage. From a purely economic
perspective, a solid and ideal immigration policy would admit individuals whose skills are in
shortest supply and whose tax contributions, net of the cost of public services they receive, are
maximized. Also, admitting immigrants in scarce occupations would yield the greatest increase in
U.S. Incomes, regardless of the skill level of those immigrants. In the US, scarce workers would
include not only highly educated individuals, such as programmers and engineers employed by
ever-expanding technology industries, but some lower-skilled workers in construction, food
preparation, hospitality, and cleaning services. In both cases, the national labor market for these
workers is solid, since U.S. Wages for these occupations are still high as compared to relative
wages abroad for these jobs. But two-thirds of legal permanent immigrants are admitted on the basis
of having relatives in the United States. Only by chance will the skills of these individuals match
those most in demand by U.S. Industries. Also, labor inflows from abroad redistribute income away
from workers who compete with immigrants in the labor market. George Borjas estimates that over the
period 1980 to 2000 immigration contributed to a decrease in average U.S. Wages of 3 percent. This
estimate accounts for the total change in the U.S. Labor force due to immigration, including both
legal and illegal sources. (George J. Borjas, “The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping:
Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol.
118, No. 4 (June 2003), pp.
1335–74.)
But here's the other rub-- the aggregate economic consequences of such a US immigration policy do
not account for other important considerations that impact the well being of the country. --
including the impact of immigration on national security, civil rights, and political
environment/life. First, illegal immigration has its problems as continuing high levels of illegal
immigration are expected to continue to undermine the rule of law and weaken the ability of the U.S.
Government to enforce labor-market regulations. Also, massive illegal entry from Mexico heightens
U.S. Exposure to international terrorism. Also, the large influx of illegal aliens relax the
commitment of employers to U.S. Labor-market institutions and create a population of workers with
limited upward mobility and an uncertain place in U.S. Society. We struggle with this everyday in
the US-- with an already thinly spread INS agency trying to enforce immigration policy and exercise
controls..
In 2005, the illegal immigrant population was estimated to be 11.1 million individuals, up from five
million in 1996 and 8.4 million in 2000. Most illegal immigrants come to the United States by
crossing the U.S.-Mexico border or overstaying temporary entry visas. One-third of immigrants have
less than a high school education, compared to just 12 percent of U.S. Natives, and one-fifth have
less than a ninth grade education, compared to just 4 percent of U.S. Natives.(Jeffrey S. Passel,
“Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population,” Pew Hispanic Center,
2006.) Is this desirable diversity that will reap social security, economic growth that you speak
of in the debate explanation? This 11.1 million far exceeds the number of low-skilled available
jobs in the industries aforementioned. In addition, the contribution to the tax paying base by
illegal immigrants is null, while these immigrants use public services by sending their kids to
public schools (and demand bi-lingual special services while there rather than learning English so
they can participate in becoming educated), demanding fire and police protection, receiving free
medicaid /health care services, driving on roads and highways, and receiving other forms of public
assistance. Families that have larger numbers of children absorb more expenditure, and exceed the
average family size of natives overall. They also commit crime, (as do some citizens of the US).
However, the big difference there is that the cost of citizen-perpetrated crimes is somewhat
mitigated by the tax base that a citizen has been paying into through property, income, social
security taxes--none of which the illegal immigrant pays.
If you think immigration is a good thing for the US and the kind of diversity is "good"--let's make
a deal. We will send you our poorly educated, irresponsible, law-breaking illegal immigrants, and
replace them with those US citizens or legal immigrants intending to become citizens (through a
sensible policy of legal immigration )who offer the kind of diversity that is of benefit socially,
economically, and for national security. |
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