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[–] collegetoker [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

This country was founded from dozens of different immigrant communities, from the Irish to the Chinese, Spaniards, Italians, English French, etc all the way to people who were brought here from the slave trade and later assimilated. i'm not saying that allowing in immigrants unilaterally is good as there are clearly groups of people who's entire philosophy and ideology are at odds with our own, but without immigrants, there would be no United States.

I think there is a difference between allowing any person to enter the United State's and creating a pathway for citizenship for those who are benign and potentially even a net positive.

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[–] sp00kygh0st ago 

We didn't have welfare back then when we accepted immigrants so only workers came over who contributed. We also made sure most immigrants were European until 1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965

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[–] collegetoker [S] ago  (edited ago)

Obviously our welfare system has to be refactored, along with a bunch of budget restructuring, overturning citizens United, etc.. Honestly, if we ended the war on drugs, the issues with Mexican cartels would likely evaporate after a while, reducing the incentive to travel to the United States. These cartels only have sway providing that they have consumer demand that is being unmet by the clear market.