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The same way it helped those poor illiterate White Europeans who came to Ellis Island with nothing who ended up having to leech off the government.
Did they come here illegally? Big difference and you're wrong many if not most of those Europeans were carpenters and knew other trades also. They weren't illiterate! They did not leech off the government there was no welfare back then! Interesting that you had to mention race/skin though. It was a tell all.
You do understand there's land that cannot be used for development, right?
Of course I do. But even taking that into account, the US still has plenty of land.
Germany has 83 million people crammed into an area about the size of Oregon and Washington, and yet it is still 1/3 forested and a very nice country. Meanwhile, Washington and Oregon combined have about 12 million. Plenty of room for more people. There are people who think the US could and even SHOULD strive for 1 billion people.
The literacy rate of Italy was 38.4%.
The literacy rate of France was 72.8%.
The literacy rate of Germany was 92.0%.
The literacy rate of Spain was 31.4%.
The literacy rate of the UK was 82.7%
Though it's not listed, you can be sure Ireland's was probably similar to Italy's or, at best, France's.
By comparison the US was 83.0%.
The best nation back then was more illiterate than Mexico is now.
Of course I do. But even taking that into account, the US still has plenty of land.
Germany has 83 million people crammed into an area about the size of Oregon and Washington, and yet it is still 1/3 forested and a very nice country. Meanwhile, Washington and Oregon combined have about 12 million. Plenty of room for more people. There are people who think the US could and even SHOULD strive for 1 billion people.
Actually we do have jobs for them. They work in slaughterhouses, restaurant kitchens, landscaping, food harvesting, nursing aids, domestics. They do jobs that pay so little and involve so much hard work that native Americans will not touch them.
Companies who are supposed to screen for illegals find ways to skirt around doing so.
If all the immigrants went home tomorrow, we’d be in a pickle. If there was no work for them, they would not keep coming
So, actually its these specific companies/industries, that are mostly to blame for this problem?!! Certainly seems that way to me!
And BTW, the notion that these Latin American immigrants are all illiterate is ridiculous. I'd be willing to bet the immigrants from Mexico and Central America these days have higher literacy rates (and possibly also educational levels) than European immigrants from 1850-1920.
Literacy rate by country
Mexico - 95.40%
Guatemala - 81.50%
Honduras - 87.20%
El Salvador - 88.50%
Even as recently as 1981 the literacy rate in Italy was 96.5%, which is little different from Mexico's current rate.
My nephews wife is a educated woman from Mexico and came here legally and is now a American citizen.
Actually we do have jobs for them. They work in slaughterhouses, restaurant kitchens, landscaping, food harvesting, nursing aids, domestics. They do jobs that pay so little and involve so much hard work that native Americans will not touch them.
Companies who are supposed to screen for illegals find ways to skirt around doing so.
If all the immigrants went home tomorrow, we’d be in a pickle. If there was no work for them, they would not keep coming
This was already covered in post 119. We DO NOT have jobs for them. Even legal immigrants are displacing low skill native born workers. Read the report I linked to in post 119 and you will see that "Jobs American's won't do" line is absolute nonsense. So is the idea that illegal aliens are somehow vital to our economy. They aren't. They could all leave tomorrow and we would be much better off than the disaster unfolding now.
We have a huge surplus of uneducated citizens as it is. We don't need more. And you know this.
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