This "we assimilated unskilled immigrants before and so can do it again" argument is intellectual laziness at its worst.

The economy of 2024 isn't anything like the economy during the mass immigration eras of the late 19th and early 20th century.  Back then, our economy required large numbers of unskilled/low-skilled laborers because we were still heavily dependent on human muscle power.  The Hoover Dam was dug largely by hand.   Now, the economy is much more heavily automated, and we hear a ton about the lack of lower end jobs for people without educations.

I always find it amusing that the same crowd that claims we need masses of illegal immigrants to take jobs that would otherwise go unfilled also tends to supports things like universal basic income because there aren't supposedly enough jobs to go around.   So we're just importing more people to whom we are going to have to pay that UBI.

But if you really think we need more immigrants, here's an idea: first secure the border, and stop the flood of unvetted, minimally qualified illegal aliens. Then, bring in the necessary number of legal immigrants via a merit-based based.  Isn't a merit-based system - English proficiency, education achievement, etc., preferable? Hell, bring in as many of those high-achieving Nigerians as we can get!

I'd have zero problem with that.

1. I agree illegals should be vetted

2. The US has assimilated illegals very well over the years. Europe and other countries have not They put them in ghettos with no job or education skills and of course they are now rebelling.

3. I said  multiple times we are between a rock and hard place. Our native born birth rates is in the negative. No country can survive a dwindling population. Without a steady stream of younger workers our economy, wall street/pensions housing market will collapse.  Why Japan has 11 million EMPTY homes they are now trying to sell to foreigners for $1. Italy is selling  them for $1 also. Village in Italy that were 3000 people 20 years agio no have 300 people. The #1 reason why these folks are being let to offset our population losses.. The #2 side reason is cheap votes for the dems and cheap labor for the republics (farm.ag)

The negative/low  birth rate is hitting every country including the Muslim ones, India and Africa.

The birth rates around the world have fallen way worse  what the UN thought the would be 10-15 year ago. Monetary reward for people to have more kids have failed EVERWHERE it has been tried.

https://www.wsj.com/world/birthrates-global-decline-cause-ddaf8be2

@DCPatriot

I understand and appreciate your fidelity to fairness, but I was not name-calling. I was drawing a conclusion from exchanges that RIV has been involved in with me and others.

Spare me this crock of  @AllThatJazzZ   You chose a personal attack that is designed to decimate the target.  IMO, you lack the knowledge and intellectual acumen to "draw conclusions".

She has not offered up an iota of grace toward Netanyahu or the nation of Israel despite attempts to draw some type of favor.

I haven't offered an iota of grace toward Netanyahu for ten (10)  f*%king years --- and I'm not going to start now.  He deserves none.  Netanyahu is a proven liar, manipulator --- truly his pyscho father's son --- who continues to be the single worst thing to happen to the State of Israel since its founding.

If this is proof of antisemitism, then more than half of Israelis are antisemetic because they agree with me ---- so go educate yourself.



cc:  @DCPatriot

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How many of Ellis island immigrants had a HS degree. Not much.  In the last decade the education level of Hispanics crossing the border has increased. 53% age 25-64 of Hispanics from south of border crossing into the US have a HS degree entering the US

2nd generation hispanics are nearing the education  levels of native born, HS.   Still behind but rapidly  catching up and gap decreases every year

https://undocumented.thehastingscenter.org/issuebrief/demographics-and-socioeconomic-status/

5.3 million Hispanic business in the us, 3.7 million for blacks.
Hispanics own 49.7 % of their own homes, 44% blacks and 75% whites.

Hispanic education, business growth, wealth is increasing by large amounts every year. To call them low IQ losers is ludicrous.

I’m sure that seems reasonable to anyone who hasn’t traveled outside of the United States.  To compare Haitians, Venezuelans and assorted third world refugees to Irish and Italians is absurd.  The vast majority of countries south of the US are burdened with massive underclasses of low-IQ peasants.  Which is exactly why you want them here, to exploit indefinitely for cheap labor, and socialize the costs.  Forgive me if I’m unimpressed with those education stats.  Supposedly, Cuba has the highest literacy rate in the western hemisphere, and every rookie from the Dominican Republic is 18.