So let's see if I understand this correctly. If a University does a study about illegal immigration to the United States, you accept it as gospel but when a University does a study about deaths in Puerto Rico it's got to be wrong and politically motivated?
LOL.
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Originally Posted by SecondFloor
Contrary to what you may believe, democrats do not support illegal immigration or open borders.
Democrats do generally agree, however, that people seeking asylum from dangerous or untenable situations should be given refuge in the united states, and that people here illegally should be considered for citizenship. The U.S. controls 93 trillion dollars of the world's 280 trillion - roughly 1/3 of the world's wealth, which supports less than 5% of the world's population.
Given that - why should we not seriously consider giving legal asylum to people fleeing war and outright poverty? Imagine, for a moment, that you were born in Nicaragua, a country now devastated in large part BECAUSE of American intervention. You can't feed your family, and you live in constant fear of criminal gangs. Wouldn't you cross any border necessary to make sure the people you care about could survive?
Maybe you're worried about the impact on American jobs. When immigrants come here illegally, employers pay them under the table - often less than what's required by law. This has the potential to impact U.S. jobs. The correct way to combat this is allow for them to become legal, requiring employers to pay competitive rates to protect competition with U.S. workers.
Additionally, crime is highly correlated with poverty. It's generally something people turn to when they have few options left. Allowing immigrants to earn a living wage in the U.S. will cut down on crime by giving criminals good legal alternatives.
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I disagree with you.
Of course I want everyone here illegally to be arrested and be departed. Anyone willing to come here illegally and break our laws while doing so is not the kind of person we should even consider to become a US Citizen.
The part I disagree with you about is giving legal asylum to people fleeing war and poverty. That's just impossible. Based on that criteria, everyone from Nicaragua has the legal right to legal asylum in the United States. We cannot allow tens of millions of people from Nicaragua to come to the United States.