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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a misleading statistic. It may cost 64k per refugee to get them established but it's been proven time and time again that once established refugees more than pay for the INVESTMENT we made in them by growing the economy.

Case in point, Steve Jobs is the child of a Syrian Immigrant. Apple alone has put enough into the US economy to pay for every refugee we might take (from every country this year!). Could the next Steve Jobs be among them?

From all accounts relocating refugees is an investment in the US economy, not an addition to debt. [/quote]

Imagine what that $1.6 billion we would spend on 25,000 refugees could do if we invested it in Appalachia or in Southeast DC or Native American reservations? Why not invest in our own people - millions who are struggling? [/quote]

It's a much less promising investment TBH. Immigrants are, historically, much more proven to revitalize the larger economy.

Also, propose what it is you want to do in Appalachia or SE DC? How are those places entitled to federal dollars when Detroit and Boise aren't? That is kind of the inherent difference between state and federal governments. Why isn't North Carolina investing in Appalachia? The federal government governs the entire country, which is why they handle immigration.

You can't ask for smaller government on one hand and then want them to cherry pick struggling parts of the country to invest in with federal dollars as well.[/quote]

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