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Old 03-13-2021, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia/South Jersey area
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Counter question, what percentage of immigrants to USA from Latin America are illiterate? Do you actually know or are you yet another person just making assumptions about them?



Vietnam has a lower standard of living than USA too, I have trouble of thinking of any who work as hard and achieve so much within two generations as contributors to USA economy. Chinese are probably a close second, also with a much lower standard of living.



If their chances were poor they wouldn't come. You going to go pick tomatoes?
Lol of course they aren't AND they aren't going to pay decent wages to have it done
Republicans are the most hypocritical group on the planet.
The aren't thinking about going after the big corps that hire illegals to do manual labor. I work for a fortune 200 pharmaceutical company that knowingly does this ALL the time.
Oh that's government interfering with business.

1/2 the restaurants in this country employ illegals to do the dishes and God forbid they are forced to pay their workers 10-12 hr. Same folks would be screaming again

This country would come to a screeching halt

 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:03 PM
 
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From about 1850 to about 1920 we let in millions of uneducated, illiterate and unemployed people into the USA. And we turned out just fine.
They came in legally, did it on their own, with no government help, and were COVID free.
Get yourself educated, and watch the movie "FAR AND AWAY". Grasshopper.
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
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They came in legally, did it on their own, with no government help, and were COVID free.
There were plenty of other diseases back then.

And as I keep saying, the only reason there were few illegal immigrants back then, was because it was so easy to immigrate here legally. Only 2% of the people who showed up at Ellis Island were turned away.
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:24 PM
 
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There were plenty of other diseases back then.

And as I keep saying, the only reason there were few illegal immigrants back then, was because it was so easy to immigrate here legally. Only 2% of the people who showed up at Ellis Island were turned away.
So breaking the LAW, and crossing the border ILLEGALY is ok with you???
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:25 PM
 
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
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So breaking the LAW, and crossing the border ILLEGALY is ok with you???
No.
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:35 PM
 
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Lol of course they aren't AND they aren't going to pay decent wages to have it done
Republicans are the most hypocritical group on the planet.
The aren't thinking about going after the big corps that hire illegals to do manual labor. I work for a fortune 200 pharmaceutical company that knowingly does this ALL the time.
Oh that's government interfering with business.

1/2 the restaurants in this country employ illegals to do the dishes and God forbid they are forced to pay their workers 10-12 hr. Same folks would be screaming again

This country would come to a screeching halt
Why aren't the Democrats seeking to deport all of these cheap, illegals that are making the rich, richer then? Instead they create sanctuary cities for them and fight their deportations tooth and nail. They want more to come here also obviously by Biden's lack border policies now. You're not making any sense! By the way, if you think that it's only Republicans that hire these illegals to increase their profits then you aren't dealing in reality!

It has been the Republicans in congress who have tried over and over to pass an e-verify bill but the Democrats won't sign one. So you were saying? Just who are the hypocrites?????
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:46 PM
 
Location: NMB, SC
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And contrary to popular belief, a lot of illegal immigrants have college degrees! Though mostly those are ones from Asia, who probably just overstay their visas.

U.S. unauthorized immigrants are more proficient in English, more educated than a decade ago

So we're even getting higher caliber illegal immigrants than we used to!
LOL..yeah they mandate schooling up to 5th grade. Some high caliber.
 
Old 03-13-2021, 08:51 PM
 
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
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LOL..yeah they mandate schooling up to 5th grade. Some high caliber.
Wrong. In Mexico, like in the US, education is compulsory through the 9th grade (source).
 
Old 03-13-2021, 09:22 PM
 
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Lol of course they aren't AND they aren't going to pay decent wages to have it done
Republicans are the most hypocritical group on the planet.
The aren't thinking about going after the big corps that hire illegals to do manual labor. I work for a fortune 200 pharmaceutical company that knowingly does this ALL the time.
Oh that's government interfering with business.

1/2 the restaurants in this country employ illegals to do the dishes and God forbid they are forced to pay their workers 10-12 hr. Same folks would be screaming again

This country would come to a screeching halt
Has the Democrats ever gone after corps that hire illegals?
 
Old 03-13-2021, 10:51 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Just a simple question-

How does importing millions of uneducated, illiterate, unemployed people who do not speak English to the US make us a "better country"?

If these individuals are the key to a nation's prosperity, why does Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua not have a higher standard of living and greater GDP per capita than the US?

What are the chances of such people gaining employment in an economy that increasingly demands higher levels of technical education and degrees for employment?

Why are walls and fences required to "protect" our Capitol Building, but not the border?
Commies, always collapse the existing system to have theirs ready to go.
Rules for Radicals... Remember.
Biden has to hurry to erase everything Trump did to get back on track.
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