Actually, Yeah, Why Don't They Just Get in Line?
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Tue, Apr 27th 2021 @ 8:52 am EDT
This coming Wednesday, the House subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, will hold a hearing oddly entitled “Why Don’t They Just Get in Line? Barriers to Legal Immigration.” You may think this is a waste of time and certainly I forgive the sentiment. However, there is always opportunity to learn even in the darkest of times. On paper, Democrats holding a committee hearing to rebut a strawman rhetorical question they asked themselves is an excellent microcosm of how Democratic leadership has functioned in the majority this year, but it does provide some space for an actual discussion about how many legal ways aliens can enter the United States.
If you follow immigration policy debates closely there is a familiar tune you will hear. Not only is any immigration an unqualified benefit to society, but what we really need is a lot more of it because our system is overly restrictive. Many politicians and business leaders will gently explain to you that our current system is too complicated and costly to make sense for corporate America. Besides, someone has to mow the lawns, pick the fruit, and….*checks notes* take all the high-skill, high-wage tech jobs that Americans simply refuse to do.
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