Not the new migrants. They only thing they own is the clothes they're wearing.
Immigrants coming to America with nothing is hardly a new story in our country, and it's what makes us great.
Please. These people had to make their own way. Today, America is a welfare state. Asking the citizens of this country to support people they don't even want here is immoral.
Mark
In fact, if you learn about the history of immigration in this country, you will learn that it took each wave of immigrants as many as several generations to assimilate into America. It wasn't that long ago, when the public services of many major cities were dominated by those of Irish and Italian descent. This is a direct result of political graft at a city level. Ethnic city councilors or aldermen handed out city jobs to their communities in exchange for votes.
This has been the pattern of immigration for centuries in America.
Both sides of my family came to America in the 1880's. They didn't get welfare, food stamps, or housing. What they did get was opportunity. A far cry from what is happening today.
I say again, most immigration is incompatible with a welfare state.
Mark