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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your concern is to replenish the tax base, then it seems that welcoming masses of minimum-wage people who are likely to require substantial - and costly - public benefits.  A much better solution would be to increase the number of educated, well-paid immigrants whose incomes, spending and attendant tax contributions will inject much more fuel into the economy.

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Bingo.[/quote]

No. We need immigrants in services, agriculture, construction, etc. The reason we have so many undocumented immigrants is because there is a demand for them that the legal immigration system does not meet. These people come here and work harder than anyone and contribute to our economy. The legal immigration system is not working. [/quote]

You have yet to address the question that's been posed to you several times:  you are advocating for a permanent, low-paid, unskilled underclass, correct?  Yet you pay lip service to the concept that income disparity in the US has never been greater, and you feel that needs to change.  So which is it??  Answer the question.[/quote]

You seem to confuse "low skill" with "permanent underclass." But I am so thrilled that you are concerned about income inequality (are you a Bernie bro?) and class-based analysis.  As I have stated and posted research to support multiple times, regularizing labor is the *best* way to start protecting low-skill workers.  After that, there's a lot we can do for the whole class, like union rights and minumum wage. As for the low-skill immigrants themselves, the researcj shows the move to the US is the big leap in social mobility, then their kids continue the upward trajectory. [/quote]

You've repeated these talking points of yours ad nauseum.  The fact is, you ARE advocating for a permanent underclass.  Low skill does indeed = underclass, no matter how much you argue to the contrary.  Essentially, you're insisting we need to import *illegal* immigrants to do the unskilled work labor requires.  So forgive me (and others) if we just think you're incredibly disingenuous.  [/quote]

It's not low skill that makes it underclass, it's that she insists that it must come cheap.  There are plenty of low skilled Americans.  Employers who turn to the illegal labor force do so to save money. No other reason.[/quote]

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