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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apologies if there’s another thread on this…

But really? It seems like people I know who are not particularly affected by this issue are focused on it as a deciding factor in the election. It’s immigration, immigration, immigration.

Is immigration that terrible for our country? In my world at least, the most obvious related issue I see is that small businesses don’t have enough labor. So immigration is a good thing.

Maybe I’m myopic. Can someone please explain? 
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In a nutshell, the immigrants that used to disappear into Texas or Manassas or Hyattsville are now showing up in Montgomery, and Fairfax and NYC and causing Democrats to freak out. Immigration wasn't a problem for them as long as they went "somewhere else." 
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Op just checking in now. Quite the discussion! I’m a New Yorker. Immigration doesn’t affect my daily life at all, nor does it affect anyone’s I know, in NY or out, other than small businesses who WANT more workers. Our

So again, I’ll ask, why is it such a hot button issue? Do I think it’s not *an* issue at all? No, of course not. But why is it THE defining issue to so many who it really doesn’t affect?? And why doesn’t anyone discuss how global issues out of our control affected recent waves of immigration much more than specific US policies? [/quote]

If specific policies didn’t affect immigration, why have the numbers gone down after Biden issued his recent executive order? Specific policies absolutely do affect the numbers arriving at our border. The massive flow started almost immediately after Biden entered office and reversed Trump’s executive orders. Economic migrants in Latin America, and especially the human traffickers and cartels that are facilitating the illegal immigration flow, do pay attention to US immigration policies. Cartels are making more money from human trafficking during the Biden administration than they are from drug trafficking.

Illegal immigration absolutely does affect people’s daily lives if you live in a community that has absorbed large numbers of illegal immigrants. It affects housing costs, education of children due to so many resources being dedicated to ELL, local healthcare systems, and government resources. Many of the illegal immigrants make no effort to assimilate. I have had a handful of people approach me speaking in Spanish recently. I thought it was very rude of them to approach me and talk to me in a foreign language, assuming that I understand them and will learn their language to accommodate them. [/quote]

I live in NYC, the place the poster above insisted was overrun with immigrants on the streets and subways and crowding out our schools. Not accurate whatsoever at all. My children and almost all of my neighbors children attend public school. I ride the subways and walk the streets, frequent small businesses, go to work, etc, rather than sitting in my basement imagining the worst after listening to Fox News. New York always has an influx of immigrants, including my own family decades ago. NYC life goes on. The fact is that these newcomers are important contributors to our vibrant communities, and we need their labor.

The primary issue affecting people I know have little to do with this issue being pushed by the republican propaganda machine. [/quote]

Other NYers feel differently. Including news outlets and your own mayor.

Our schools are overwhelmed and the test scores are tanking. [/quote]

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