Plans to “torpedo immigration reform” are underway,
supported by the Heritage Foundation and republican Senator Jeff Sessions from
Alabama. Sessions and the Heritage
Foundation argue that immigrants flock to America, primarily to take advantage
of the social-welfare system. The
Heritage Foundation made false and skewed claims that misrepresented the facts
about immigrants in this country. In
fact, quite the opposite is occurring within the Latino community, where they
are mass-migrating to states that actually have “stingy” benefits, rather than
to states such as New York or California.
I
found it interesting that Restrictionists constantly reference the influx of
immigrants during the 1990s, but fail to mention that, although this influx
could have threatened jobs and wages, their argument fails to mention that
America had low unemployment for many years.
Further, American (non-immigrant) households living at poverty level
decreased from the years 1995 – 2004.
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