Immigration Watch International (2): Any benefits from illegal immigration?

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Any benefits from illegal immigration?

There are about 14.3 million ‘unauthorized’ immigrants in the United States… a number that has done that has done nothing but go up since 2019.

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) – The illegal immigrants who have entered since January of 2021 have added an extra $20.4 billion to the taxpayer tab.

That’s in addition to the $140 billion taxpayers already shoulder for existing illegal immigrants already in the country.

In fiscal year 2022, there have been over 2 million border encounters, up from 1.7 million in 2021.

It’s not just the exorbitant expense that’s hitting the American taxpayer – the unintended consequences can be reaching:

– Wages and working conditions for legal Americans are being driven down.

– Classrooms and limited affordable housing resources and natural resources are strained – if not entirely exhausted.

– Very real national security threats surface, with the potential for increased crime.

Despite all of this, the impact of immigration on the economy over time is actually positive.

In short, immigration fuels the economy. When they enter the workforce, the production capacity for the country is increased – and the GDP goes up.

While there is an upfront expense that is shouldered by taxpayers, immigrants are statistically unlikely to replace native born workers. Instead, they end up taking lower paying jobs, pushing native born citizens to higher paying occupations.

Additionally, it’s good for business. Why?

Housing. You have to live somewhere and affordable housing giants like Dominum, LDG and The NRP Group have never been doing better. The three combined for over 7,500 unit starts last year alone. This in turn spurs new housing starts, also up by 15.6% last year. NewAmericanEconomy.com estimated that immigrants have added $3.7 Trillion to US Housing wealth.

Higher Education. More and more immigrants are getting their bachelor’s degree or higher according to the Pew Research Center. This means that for-profit education providers – not just universities and colleges benefit.

https://liftingliberty.com/news/border-blitz-the-truth-about-illegal-immigration-and-business/

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

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Any benefits from illegal immigration?

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