Of course, granted, the idea has always been baffling to me but republicans seem to have this fantasy now that the wall will solve our most pressing issues somehow.
What republicans are too dense to understand is that the left doesn’t like wall idea because we want open borders, it’s because it’s a stupid idea that an 8th grader would come up with. Just think about this critically for a moment. If the wall is such a genius idea to curb illegal immigration, why in the **** didn’t any republican politician before Trump entertain such a simple idea? Sure repubs have proposed building some kind of barrier on certain stretches of the border, but none of them ever suggested that the entire border would be sealed off and it was the best immigration policy. Don’t republican voters ever think about this most basic of logic?
Okay but let’s pretend repubs are right about the idea even though they really aren’t. Let’s pretend the wall magically stopped the flow of illegal Latino immigrants because they were all too lazy to tunnel under it or climb over I guess.
Then what? The wall is built and illegal immigration is stopped. What is supposed to happen after that? Why would this one issue be the cure-all to the economy? The overall fraction of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico out of the US population is pretty small. Why would this suddenly boost wages, GDP, and revenue?
Now let’s pretend republicans had their ultimate wet dream fulfilled and all undocumented immigrants in this country were deported as well. You might see this as a positive by believing more legal citizens would get jobs, but why would that happen? The unemployment rate is under 4%. Getting rid of illegal immigrants wouldn’t somehow make the unemployment rate 0%.
Moreover, DACA citizens pay taxes. If we booted them all, revenue would drop. You know what would drop much lower if we booted all illegals? Consumer spending. DACA or not, any immigrant living here spends money on the economy. We are talking about, what, 20 million people of all nationalities? All of those people spend money on American businesses regardless of whether or not their income is legitimate. Im not highlighting this point to suggest that we should allow illegal immigrants into this country. It just doesn’t make sense to have stricter border policy just because illegal immigration still happens. A ******* wall won’t do jack shit to significantly reduce it. The border policies we have in place already are fine even if they aren’t perfect and even achieving perfection would barely make a difference anyway. Even House Democrats don’t want to make immigration policy more relaxed given that the bipartisan solution to fund the government makes no changes to border policy of the last two years.
Trump’s defiant attitude about the wall in the meeting with Pelosi and Schumer was purely for political points. He is so damn insecure that he tries to act tough just so his supporters watching the exchange would go ape shit seeing him stick it to the democrats. It’s such non sense. Trump wants the wall simply because it is a reflection of how his supporters see him. He expects us all to think he is tough when really it’s painfully obvious that he is a whiny little ***** putting up a front.
1. Last number I saw for US unemployment was 4.2% in Nov. 2021, but this is an erroneous figure, because it counts illegal aliens as part of the US employed. They are not US employed, and their employment causes Americans to be UNemployed from the jobs the illegal aliens hold. The whole method of counting used is a joke.
If the unemployment #s were compliled correctly,
unemployment of US citizens, would likely be sky high right now.
Your OP is a pile of errors on top of errors.
2. There is no such thing as DACA citizens (as you call them). DACA people are illegal aliens.
3. If we booted them, tax revenue would go UP, not down. Americans would be employed in the jobs the DACAs now hold, and the Americans would be higher paid, and thus paying more tax $$.
4. Many illegal aliens work off the books. Thus, putting Americans in those jobs INCREASES revenue, not decreases.
5. Consumer spending would INCREASE, not drop, if DACAs were booted out, because Americans in the jobs DACAs now hold would have higher pay, and more money to spend.
6. Consumer spending would INCREASE, not drop, if DACAs were booted out, because Americans in the jobs DACAs now hold would have more money being spent
in AMERICAN stores (aka the economy), because illegal aliens deprive US businesses of $150 Billion/year in sales, by sending remittances$$$ back to their home country. AMERICANS don't send remittances $$$ out of the country. They spend all their money in their own local communities.
You are totally clueless on illegal immigration, and the wall, and Trump, and your OP is a ridiculous. ignorant mess.
Study this list, and you might start having some idea why we need to reverse Biden's massive importation of ILLEGAL ALIENS (they are neither "immigrants" nor "undocumented") >>
Harms of illegal immigration
1. Americans lose jobs. (especially Whites due to affirmative action).
2. Wage reduction.
3. Tax $ lost (due to off books work + lower wages paid).
4. Remittance $$$ lost. ($150 Billion/year).
Remittance flows worldwide in 2017
5. Tax $$ lost to immigrants on welfare.
6. Increased crime.
7. Increased traffic congestion.
8. Increased pollution.
9. Overcrowding in hospital ERs.
10. Overcrowding in recreational facilities.
11. Overcrowding in government offices.
12. Overcrowding in schools.
13. Decrease in funds available for entitlements.
14. Cultural erosion.
15. Overuse of scarce resources (oil, gasoline, fresh water, jobs, electricity, food, etc)
16. Introduction of foreign diseases
17. Influx of terrorists.
18. Wildfires
19. Litter
20. Housing saturation.
21. Excessively high housing costs CRISIS.
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