Lot of misinformation, fear, hate...and sweeping erroneous nonsense in this conversation...
And I get it...kind of..but if it's your wallets your protecting, well..research around..
From:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States Research shows that illegal immigrants increase the size of the U.S. economy, contribute to economic growth, enhance the welfare of natives, contribute more in tax revenue than they collect, reduce American firms' incentives to offshore jobs and import foreign-produced goods, and benefit consumers by reducing the prices of goods and services.[8][14][15][16][17] However, there are a number of illegal immigrants that take part in unreported employment. Working tax free, these individuals at able to accept lower wages ultimately driving down the price of unskilled labor. Economists estimate that legalization to illegal immigrant population would increase the immigrants' earnings and consumption considerably, and increase U.S. gross domestic product.[8][18][19][20][21][22]
If it's crime you're sure they bring to the states...
There is no evidence that illegal immigration increases the rate of crime in the United States.[23] There is scholarly consensus that illegal immigrants commit less crime than natives.[24][25] Sanctuary cities – which adopt policies designed to not prosecute people solely for being in the country illegally – have no statistically meaningful impact on crime.[26] Research suggests that immigration enforcement has no impact on crime rates.[27][28][26]
Since the Great Recession (December 2007 to June 2009) more undocumented immigrants have left the United States than have entered it, and illegal border crossings are at the lowest levels they have been in decades.
Historically, up till 1924 anyway, we had open borders. Only 1% of immigrants were rejected.
Would you be here if these conditions hadn't existed?
Probably not.
People are fleeing intolerable conditions. Like my grandparents did.
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