Quote (TCassa89 @ Jun 16 2016 10:31am)
Where we currently are, the birth rate in the US is so low that if not for foreigners coming into the US, the country's death rate would be higher than its birth rate.. and where we currently are with the baby boomers hitting retirement age, this is hugely problematic. We are in greater need of young workers than any other point in our history. Furthermore, studies show that second generation immigrants are actually less likely to be on welfare. Admittedly their parents likely do not have the potential to be doctors or engineers, but their children who are born and educated here most definitely do. As for the lower skilled first generation, if they are in fact illegal immigrants, then they are not entitled to the same financial assistance as US citizens, that is they are not entitled to social security, they are not entitled to food stamps, they are not entitled to rent assistance. They are not entitled to the same welfare programs that US citizens are, and the children being born in the US does not grant the parents citizenship.
This is so true.
Try to imagine what the USA would look like if it had battled immigration throughout its history.