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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Like they did in Germany?  Sweden?  England ?[/quote]

The investment isn't returned overnight. History says that it WILL improve those countries. Not in the middle of the migration, but in the next 10-20 years when they make roots and have children and start businesses etc. [/quote]

It hasn't helped France. Over the past twenty years, France has had a large influx of North African and ME immigrants. Those immigrants currently reside in the ghettos of France. [/quote]

I am unfamiliar with French immigration law so can't really formulate a response to this. But I will say that part of why it is expensive to bring refugees here is that we set them up for success. There are a lot of organizations set up to help them resettle. If France doesn't provide similar infrastucture for their resettlement then its not that surprising that they are having more issues.

Also of relevance is that France is a MUCH more insular ethnocentric country than the US. The French don't like the non-french, at least not living in Paris with them so I imagine the migrants have a much more difficult time assimilating than they do here in the US.[/quote]

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