Immigration out of control-Newsweek

Robert J. Samuelson wrote a good article in the June 13 edition of Newsweek on the problems of mass immigration and illegal immigration.

One quote to entice:
" No society has a boundless capacity to accept newcomers, especially when many of them are poor or unskilled workers."

He also goes on to say that Mexicans are the poorest performing immigrants, even second generation. That's 30 percent of the total immigration level in 2000 that will continue to be a drain on this society.

26 percent of immigrants receive some form of Federal benefit.
35 percent lack health insurance.

More quotes:

" Being brutally candid means recognizing that the huge and largely uncontrolled inflow of unskilled latino workers into the United States is increasingly sabotaging the assimilation process."

"The more who arrive, the harder it will be for existing low-skilled workers to advance".

""The more poor immigrants, the harder it will be for schools to improve the skills of their children. The schools will be overwhelmed; the same goes for social services."

"We could also make more sensible decisions about legal immigrants-favoring the skilled over the un-skilled."

Sounds like a mainstream economist is coming around to the seriousness of the situation. The larger the unskilled latino population grows, the worse off America is. Expect more articles to be written on the current situation. Immigration is out of control and is the single greatest threat to the future of the United States.

All of my local policitians are finding out how concerned their constituents are about the problem. My local paper said at town meetings they expected to be hectored about potholes, medical costs, etc.,etc, but what surprised them was the voracity and frequency of complaints about illegal immigration and overpopulation.

It's time to end the madness and let your politicians know that the problem is real and to deal with it head-on and with candor, minus the timidity that current politicians are showing towards the immigration problem.

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Bingo

You're calling Robert Samuelson a racist?
I know you would call me that, even though I have stated the same things that this article states forever.
I thought perhaps since you guys are always asking me to give you some legitimate info from a legitimate source that perhaps you would open your minds and realize that a problem exists.

Oh well, I will keep bringing the message, some will get it, some won't.

Bush is a train wreck. So far, he has to go down in history as the worst President we have ever had, after Jimmy carter. At least Jimmy Carter had good intentions.

He has the right to put troops on the border. They cant sue for that, however they have sued every time Congress tries to do the right thing and cut off all services (except emergency medical care) for illegals and legal immigrants. Then, the wimps back down. I say, the Govmnt should sue the suers for bringing on worthless lawsuits.

Thats exactly right. Mexico sends back Central Americans the second it finds them. We should be doing the same.
Its atrocious that Shrub and Congress are trying to pass another damn amnesty when the problem will only grow and they will once again reward illegal behavior.

I think there needs to be a guest worker program for farm workers only.
They should get a card and be able to move back and forth as the season warrants.
The farms should have to provide shelter for them-good shelter.
This should not be able to lead to citizenship.

The only hope is a third party.
A few huge noisy protests are also needed.

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So you are calling Robert Samuelson racist?
That's the punk way out-you have no argument so you go with the name calling.
Typical.

Thats ridiculous. So there can never be a rational discussion about immigration. And those who are against illegal immigration will always be branded racist.
Hard to have a debate about a serious issue when one side refuses to acknowledge that the issue is serious enough to warrant a look at the positives and negatives of mass immigration.

You know what I think? If Hillary Clinton suddenly came out and said exactly what Robert Samuelson said you would suddenly agree.

He is a mainstream economist pointing out the problems with our current immigration system and you are basically ignoring the argument by falling back on the racism canard and the "we can't do anything about it" lazy response.

You can do better than that.

Whatever you write gets lost when the 'racist' plank gets raised. Next time leave it out and stick to the point you are trying to make.

I snipped quotes from the article. If you read the whole article, theres nothing racist about it, just listing facts. The cause of latino's poor performance is implied that there is something in latino culture that doesn't put an emphasis on education and assimilation. That is a valid argument, whether its nice or not isn't the issue. Whether or not it is true is an issue. To me, to that economist, to the fellow that did the research it sure seems to be that way.
What he also said is that we need to do something to improve their lot in this country for their sake and ours. The resulting conclusion is that further high rates of immigration will make that job more difficult, and I agree with this assessment.
As for schools being bad, you can look at the performance of different immigrant groups and the native born population and latinos are by far the poorest performers. This needs to be addressed, whether you think its racist or not.

You are unbelievable.
Try to be less emotional when you argue, it works better.

My discussion is based on an article that a respected economist wrote and the dissection of it.
My level of discussion is to look at the facts that are on the ground.
You can't sit there and say that what he is saying is not true.
If you want to argue about the causes, fine, but the situation is what it is.

Its not meaningless, the facts are quite simple.
Latinos drop out of High School at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in the US.
Latinos go to College at a lower rate than any other ethnic group.
The speculation is that further high immigration rates of uneducated immigrants is bad for this country-true or false?
The speculation is that further high latino immigration rates make it more difficult for latinos already here to move up the ladder and make more money.

I'll give you the last word if you want it, my typing hand hurts (damn arthritis).