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Elections 2024 / Re: BREAKING: 80,000 in attendance at President Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey!
« Last post by Maj. Bill Martin on Today at 05:49:03 pm »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.
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. 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 supports things like the 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.
I'd have zero problem with that.