Iowa Representative Steve King proposes up to 5 years behind bars for politicians who obstruct, hinder and impede iCE

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by YaleGrad2017

Steve King is from Iowa which has very few illegal immigrants. Most of the population in the state is elderly whites and the sparsely populated state is already experiencing a rapid decline in population. When a state like California which has a majority young Hispanics is not overtly concerned with illegal immigration and is basically able to accommodate multiples of the population of Iowa in just Hispanics, why is this old coot so worked up the few brown people wandering around?

No, it isn't.

The population of Iowa has increased every decade it has been a state except for two.......the 1900s (-0.3 %), and the 1980s (-4.7 %).

From 2010-2017, the estimated increase was 3.3 %.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by YaleGrad2017

The US "native" population is declining rapidly like Japan and if not for legal and illegal immigration, we would be in sharp negative territory along with at best lethargic maybe even negative GDP economy.

This is very bad argument as far as the illegal immigration population goes because the legal immigration population can be expanded to meet those needs. Furthermore you get to pick and choose who you are letting in; educated people, professionals, business entrepreneurs etc. People who are not going to be drain on the system and will have very positive impacts.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by YaleGrad2017

I don't buy that argument. States like Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah are basically deserts and are now supporting rapidly growing populations and are some of the fastest growing states.

Along with that growing population "water rights" is also a growing issue.

The countries with the highest per capita GDP in the world too are water starved - Gulf countries like Qatar, UAE, Kuwait etc.

They use expensive desalinization plants, the prerequisite for that is sea water. Whether those countries will be able to survive post oil remains to be seen.