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How is it unsustainable? Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes every year, and they are unable to claim benefits afforded to US citizens (e.g. unemployment, social security, Medicaid, etc.).
They work jobs that Americans refuse to do.
I really fail to see how this is anything but positive. But then again, I'm not racist or xenophobic, so...
You support keeping a underclass of people that earn less money and are easily exploited? The reason they do those jobs and Americans don’t is because the employers are able to pay criminally low wages under the table.
Maybe farmers and meat packing plants should improve their wages and working conditions. Never mind, we can just use exploitable and desperate people. Problem solved!
Nope, I certainly do not.
I guess it's easy to confuse factual descriptions of reality with statements of ideological belief. I guess...
Ask Chicago or New York City.
Most of them cannot legally work and you'd know this if your understanding of the issue didn't come from HuffPo. Our immigration system is a fucking mess.
Neither am I.
I don't think you've ever actually been to NYC or Chicago. I can't really speak for the latter, but immigrants of all colors are welcome in NYC. Just ask Abott and DeSantis about how their kidnapping schemes involving bussing them to NYC backfired so badly.
Or maybe ask just about anyone living in that city. Get this: many of us believe that their presence enriches everyone, and that their being here makes this country better. Crazy, I know.
HuffPo? Lol ok bud. Got me 🙄
You know what's interesting? You completely ignored the point about them paying billions of dollars a year in taxes while receiving no direct benefits for it whatsoever. You know, the part that completely counters your claim of unsustainability.
I've been to both, multiple times but let's just check in and see how things are going?
Chicago - Ohhh...not looking good.
New York City - Ooof...not any better.
That's who published the article you are commenting on and you're definetly displaying a HuffPo level of understanding.
Backfired so badly? They're still doing it and frankly it was a fucking BRILLIANT move! Cities like NYC, Chicago, and Denver having to deal with just 10 percent of what Texas has been handling for years and they're screaming bloody murder as they find out how god damned expensive and difficult it is.
Sorta like you ignored that it's currently illegal for many of them work?
Our immigration system is totally busted and it needs to be fixed.
I didn't ignore anything, it's not really relevant. I agree that these people shouldn't be considered "illegal," it's dehumanizing, among other things. There you go, problem solved: Nobody can hire "illegal immigrants" anymore.
It backfired because those people were welcomed with open arms. The only issue was logistics and arranging for food and housing on such short notice since they weren't told ahead of time. You really don't seem to get it: those people are welcome here. We want them.
I'm glad you see human lives as political chess pieces, but that's not how I view the world.