Subject: Re: OT: Trump Destroyed America
Among other problems, I see people getting in without medical screening, illegal workers being exploited and having no recourse (because they'll get deported), the possibility that terrorists could slip in (doesn't seem to have happened yet), "anchor babies" once they are here, DREAMERS, critical agriculture work not getting done (Americans won't do it), and more. I have said repeatedly that we need some sort of migrant visa for temporary workers. We actually have such, as I linked a week or two ago, but it has problems. We need a better asylum system. - 1pg

Agree but I note nowhere do you mention putting a lid on how many we allow in each year. And vetting needs to be more than a medical check. It needs to include do they possess skills we deem as necessary to import in order to improve the American economy. When an immigrant comes here, works hard and sends 75% of his income back to support his family in his home country, that is noble but not supportive of the American economy.

When it comes to jobs Americans won't do, that is on the employers. Thought experiment - lets assume that all the immigrants doing jobs American won't do suddenly went away. Would the agricultural businesses, restaurants and hotels just throw up their hands and declare "that's it" and go out of business? I think not. If they tripled their wages rates, I would bet some Americans would come forward to perform that work, especially if we curtail the free money rocking chair welfare system that provides an income to able bodied people who could and should be working. Yeah the employers would raise their prices. So we Americans will have to pay $4 for a head of lettuce that used to cost $2. That direct cost is better than the indirect cost of housing, schooling, medical attention, crime and law enforcement, etc that is spent today via tax collection.


Just building a wall and saying "done!" isn't nearly enough.

Agree but it is part of the solution. We need to be resonably assured that when we deport a felon, he stays out. Right now we have deportees that have returned five and six times. There is no deterrent to behaving badly once you are in.