More or less at random:
- The American Colossus is not, in fact, part of the U. S. Constitution. It’s aspirational not binding.
- Today’s immigrants, eligible or not, receive many more benefits than they would have received in 1883. Conditions have really changed in 135 years.
- My ancestors came here legally. They weren’t “poor and huddled masses”. They were mostly fleeing their debts. Within less than a generation they spoke English exclusively including at home.
- Very few migrants from Central America to the United States are refugees. They cease being refugees when they leave Mexico and become economic migrants.
- The unemployment rate for black youth on the South Side of Chicago is over 80%. I’m more concerned about them than I am about economic migrants.
Immigration has historically been like a pendulum – periods of high immigration followed by periods of low immigration. We’re at a high point now and normally I would expect a slowdown.
To use the melting pot analogy, you add ingredients slowly and let them combine before adding more.
It’s not a pendulum. It’s more a reaction powered by legislation. The heavy immigration of the late 19th-early 20th century was followed by an effective ban. The ban was lifted in 1965 and replaced with our present far from hinged system.
Rather than the boom-bust I’d rather see more stewardship.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”
Lazarus was an American Jew, like many Jews that had immigrated from Western Europe in previous generations, who had utterly assimilated to the clothing and culture of America, as well as adopted Reform Judaism. While she taught English to Eastern European Jews that were appearing on the shore, she advocated Russian Jews emigrate to Palestine instead. In America, they must assimilate or be marginalized in poverty and ignorance, so better to reclaim the ancient lands on one’s own terms.
I think our present system is based on a belief that Americans owe the rest of the world something for our prosperity.
I also think that’s B.S. The blueprint is right there. establish individual property rights in your constitution and enforce them.
The government shall not be above the law, but shall serve the law.
Other nations could have what America has but don’t have leaders willing to release power to their constitutional law.
No. everyone cannot come here, or here will not be here.
Trump is changing the paradigm, other nations cannot use us as a release valve for excess poor.
Please don’t forget, we still have our own poor, and the immigrants are selling them Meth.
PD:
A good illustration of the defect in reading only the headlines.
“I think our present system is based on a belief that Americans owe the rest of the world something for our prosperity.”
Nope. It was set up to provide cheap labor.
Steve
Steve, I could get on board if immigration rates were raised until our lower middle class could afford domestics. (That would be me). ):
Gray- When I was stationed in Texas (San Antonio) for a short while, it seemed like almost everyone used wetbacks for cheap domestic labor and outdoors work like lawn maintenance. Hadn’t been stigmatized so much back then.
Steve
So did labor users cross into Mexico, kidnap them, and force them into slave labor here in the US, steve?
Give me a break. Mexico wants people here, and Mexicans come here, to generate cash they send back to Mexico, and to utilize the American benefits system. Meanwhile, as corrupt a government as exists in the northern hemisphere does nothing to improve the lot of its citizens. Sorry, my concerns are first with Americans, not immigrants.
Come legally. Come with skills. Assimilate.