Exactly Keith. No offense to MJ but the entire article is bullshit. I saw a clip on the news the other night about a lady with a college degree applying for an $8 restaurant job in AZ because she has kids to feed. She said an $8/hr job is better than no job. They interviewed several people in the same situation.
And as I've said several times, I remember 20 year ago when you saw construction workers who were mostly white and black Americans. Now every construction crew you see is predominately illegals. For the past 10 years I've not seen a single, solitary roofing crew that wasn't made up of entirely illegals here, while the white and black men who used to have those jobs are left without one. And this is in Indiana, ffs. I can only imagine how bad this is in border states. On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 2:20:00 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > How is this writer utilizing an 11 million illegal alien number to base > his opinion upon? > > Any rational individual would have to believe that at a minimum, that > number is at least doubled or tripled, since we've been utilizing the 11 > million number for over sixteen years. > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:06 PM, MJ <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> Number 39: Spring 2011 >> >> *Ten Myths About Immigration * >> >> *Editor’s note: While originally published in 2011, this story was >> updated in 2015 to reflect current statistics, policies and conditions in >> the United States. Click here >> <http://www.tolerance.org/article/sources-ten-myths-about-immigration> for >> a detailed list of sources. *Myths about immigration and immigrants are >> common. Here are a few of the most frequently heard misconceptionsalong >> with information to help you and your students separate fact from fear. >> >> When students make statements that are mistaken or inaccurate, one >> response is to simply ask, “How do you know that’s true?” Whatever the >> answereven if it’s “That’s what my parents say”probe a little more to get >> at the source. Ask, “Where do you think they got that information?” or >> “That sounds like it might be an opinion and not a fact.” Guide students to >> find a reliable source and help them figure out how to check the facts. >> >> >> *Most immigrants are here illegally. *With so much controversy around >> the issue of undocumented immigrants, it’s easy to overlook the fact that >> most of the foreign-born people living in the United States have followed >> the rules and have permission to be here. Of the more than 41 million >> foreign-born people living in the United States in 2013, about 30 million >> were naturalized citizens, permanent residents and legal residents. Eleven >> million were unauthorized immigrants. Of those who did not have >> authorization to be here, about 40 percent entered the country legally and >> then let their visas expire. >> >> >> *It's just as easy to enter the country legally today as it was when my >> ancestors arrived. *Ask students when their ancestors immigrated and if >> they know what the entry requirements were at the time. For about the first >> 100 years, the United States had an “open immigration system that allowed >> any able-bodied immigrant in,” explains immigration historian David >> Reimers. The biggest obstacle would-be immigrants faced was getting >> heresome even resorted to selling themselves into indentured servitude to >> do so. Today, there are many rules about who may enter the country and stay >> legally. Under current policy, many students’ immigrant ancestors who >> arrived between 1790 and 1924 would not be allowed in today. >> >> >> *There’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get >> in line. *Ask students if they know the rules to enter the country >> legally and stay here to work. The simple answer is that there is no “line” >> for most very poor people with few skills to stand in and gain permanent >> U.S. residency. Generally, gaining permission to live and work in the >> United States is limited to people who are (1) highly trained in a skill >> that is in short supply here and offered a job by a U.S. employer, (2) >> escaping political persecution, (3) joining close family already here, or >> (4) winners of the green-card lottery. >> >> >> *My ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse. *Ask >> students to find out how long it took for their ancestors to stop using >> their first language. “Earlier immigrant groups held onto their cultures >> fiercely,” notes Reimers. “When the United States entered the First World >> War [in 1917], there were over 700 German-language newspapers. Yet, German >> immigration had peaked in the 1870s.” >> >> While today’s immigrants may speak their first language at home, one-half >> of those older than 5 speak English “very well” according to research by >> the independent, nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. And the demand for >> adult ESL instruction in the United States far outstrips available classes. >> >> >> *Today’s immigrants don’t want to blend in and become “Americanized.” *Ask >> students what it means to blend in to American society. Nearly 655,000 >> people became naturalized citizens during the 2014 fiscal year. They had to >> overcome obstacles like getting here, finding a job, tackling language >> barriers, paying naturalization fees, dealing with a famously lethargic >> immigration bureaucracy and taking a written citizenship test. This is not >> the behavior of people who take becoming American lightly. >> >> The reality is that the typical pattern of assimilation in the United >> States has remained steady, says Reimers. “The first generation struggled >> with English and didn’t learn it. The second was bilingual. And the third >> can’t talk to their grandparents.” If anything, the speed of assimilation >> is faster today than at any time in our past, mainly because of public >> education and mass media. >> >> >> *Immigrants take good jobs from Americans. *Ask students what kinds of >> jobs they think immigrants are taking. According to the Immigration Policy >> Center, a nonpartisan group, research indicates there is little connection >> between immigrant labor and unemployment rates of native-born workers. Here >> in the United States, two trendsbetter education and an aging >> populationhave resulted in a decrease in the number of Americans willing >> or available to take low-paying jobs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor >> Statistics, close to 26 million foreign-born people, or 17 percent of the >> country’s labor force, worked in the United States in 2014. These workers >> are more likely to be employed by the service industry, while native-born >> workers are more likely to hold jobs in management, professional, sales and >> office occupations. >> >> To fill the void of low-skilled American workers, employers often hire >> immigrant workers. One of the consequences, unfortunately, is that it is >> easier for unscrupulous employers to exploit this labor source and pay >> immigrants less, not provide benefits and ignore worker-safety laws. On an >> economic level, Americans benefit from relatively low prices on food and >> other goods produced by undocumented immigrant labor. >> >> >> *Undocumented immigrants bring crime. *Ask students where they heard >> this. Nationally, from 1990 to 2010, the violent crime rate declined >> almost 45 percent and the property crime rate fell 42 percent, even as the >> number of undocumented immigrants more than tripled. According to the >> conservative Americas Majority Foundation, crime rates from 1999 to 2006 >> were lowest in states with the highest immigration growth rates. During >> that period, the total crime rate fell 14 percent in the 19 top immigration >> states, compared to only 7 percent in the other 31. Truth is, foreign-born >> people in Americawhether they are naturalized citizens, permanent >> residents or undocumentedare incarcerated at a much lower rate than >> native-born Americans, according to the National Institute of Corrections. >> >> >> *Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes but still get benefits. *Ask >> students what are some ways Americans pay taxes, as in income tax and sales >> tax. Undocumented immigrants pay taxes every time they buy gas, clothes or >> new appliances. They also contribute to property taxesa main source of >> school fundingwhen they buy or rent a house, or rent an apartment. The >> U.S. Social Security Administration estimated that in 2013 undocumented >> immigrantsand their employerspaid $13 billion in payroll taxes alone for >> benefits they will never get. They can receive schooling and emergency >> medical care, but not welfare or food stamps. >> >> >> *The United States is being overrun by immigrants like never before. *Ask >> students why they think this. As a percentage of the U.S. population, the >> historic high actually came in 1890, when the foreign-born constituted >> nearly 15 percent of the population. By 2012, about 13 percent of the >> population was foreign-born. At the start of the recession in 2008, the >> number of undocumented immigrants coming into the country actually dropped, >> and in more recent years, that number is stabilizing with little change. >> >> Many people also accuse immigrants of having “anchor babies”children who >> allow the whole family to stay. According to the U.S. Constitution, a child >> born on U.S. soil is automatically an American citizen. That is true. But >> immigration judges will not keep immigrant parents in the United States >> just because their children are U.S. citizens. In 2013, the federal >> government deported about 72, 410 foreign-born parents whose children had >> been born here. These children must wait until they are 21 before they can >> petition to allow their parents to join them in the United States. That >> process is long and difficult. In reality, there is no such thing as an >> “anchor baby.” >> >> >> *Anyone who enters the country illegally is a criminal. *Ask students >> whether someone who jaywalks or who doesn’t feed a parking meter is a >> criminal. Explain that only very serious misbehavior is generally >> considered “criminal” in our legal system. Violations of less serious laws >> are usually “civil” matters and are tried in civil courts. People accused >> of crimes are tried in criminal courts and can be imprisoned. Federal >> immigration law says that unlawful presence in the country is a civil >> offense and is, therefore, not a crime. The punishment is deportation. >> However, some stateslike Arizonahave criminalized an immigrant’s mere >> presence. >> >> >> http://www.tolerance.org/immigration-myths >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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