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Yes, illegal immigration is one of several issues that previous Presidents talked about but never had the courage to actually do anything about.
Donald Trump is finally taking them to task. Somebody has to do the dirty work.
Interesting that you completely ignored the rest of my post. If ANYONE in government were at all interested in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants to this country, they need to also go after supply with as much vigor as demand. Crap like that expensive wall is "feel good" garbage that does absolutely no good. People will find their way around it, just like they find their way around the fence.
Except that's a lie. That's kinda the whole point. Trump lies about immigrants to rile up the racists.
Mexican immigrants to the U.S. have a much lower rate of crime than native-born Americans. And illegal immigrants have vastly lower crime than legal, native-born Americans. So the statement is an outight lie.
There shouldn’t be ANY immigrants bringing drugs, gangs and crime into America, let alone the kind of numbers that come from Mexico, let alone that they are illegal aliens.
If Mexico were sending lots of PhDs, scholars, entrepreneurs and the like to America, then it would be a different story. Trump is correct to demand only the cream of the crop from Mexico and other countries to come to America.
It became an issue when Obama created the program.
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How many years has our border been completely open on the south?
The areas of the border that are open have always been open. It has not been completely open for decades. During the Clinton years they sealed off most of the border along California.
The difference is American economy has advanced over the past few decades where Mexico and Central America has stagnated. That disparity has fueled illegal immigration. If Mexico was not so corrupt and the government and people got their act together Mexicans would not want to move here.
Like I have said many times bring there minimum wage equal to our federal minimum wage and illegal immigration will stop. In fact self deports would be in the millions. As it stands now they have a weekly minimum wage which is close to $50 a week.
Or, perhaps, for decades illegals lived among us, working hard, and trying to have a better life. They were our farm workers, lawn maintenance people, and our hotel cleaning staff, among many other jobs. A very small percentage of them are a problem due to criminal activities, but the right , since Donald Trump came on the scene, now paints every illegal as a drug dealer, rapist, and murderer.
This BS about them "taking our jobs" is just that, BS. Employers can't even get us to show up for cushy jobs in the air conditioning, let alone take these hard, hot, dirty jobs that illegals are happy to accept.
I have no issues with South American migrants as they are technically rooted in Western values. For some reason we mostly have the poor migrate to the USA from Latin America. You hardly ever see South American upper class migrate, the only exception was Cuba in the 1960s and many middle class Argentineans.
I have concerns with migrants that do not have Western values as this can destroy the fabric of the USA which is a Western country. I worry about how women would get treated if western people become a minority. I will say that Doctors from Iran and India have western values too. I mostly worry about uneducated Muslims.
I have no issues with South American migrants as they are technically rooted in Western values. For some reason we mostly have the poor migrate to the USA from Latin America.
Um, South Americans are Latin Americans, and have the exact same values as other Latin Americans.
You are wondering why poor people immigrate? Seriously? You immigrate for a better life. If you're rich, there's no reason to immigrate in most cases.
Lastly, it cannot be denied that the Dems see migrants as voters. This in itself is very DIRTY.
Just Republican mud slinging designed to enrage the base - yea so Dems like foreigners more than citizens? Just like citizens who don't pay taxes always vote Democratic ? I think Trump proved that a fallacy.
Migrants don't vote and many never become citizens. Certainly no illegals are becoming citizens and never have. Illegal migrants have never changed the outcome of an election.
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