America Doesn’t Need More Unskilled Immigrants
avatar By Preston Huennekens May 16, 2019
Apologists for illegal immigration usually stick to one of two arguments. The first is an argument from a humanitarian perspective. This is the acceptance of a sentiment that illegal aliens come to the United States searching for better opportunities and to escape gangs and violence. Detained aliens tell asylum officers some form of this story daily.
This is a mainstream belief popularized in the media. It is not altogether wrong, although most Central Americans admit that they are fleeing poverty rather than violence. Smugglers tell them to use our broken asylum process as their ticket into the United States.
The argument that is often put forth by business interests is that virtually all immigration is economically beneficial. They argue that America needs cheap immigrant labor because of our strong economy and the lowest unemployment rate since 1969, as though this is a bad thing. This line of thinking advances a belief that GDP growth and corporate profits are more important than the experience of everyday Americans.
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