Now, you see, I don't disagree with you one damn bit about countries have enough problems without adding more Americans to it but, if you think that, then why can't the US keep illegals out of our country who do nothing but add problems for us, particularly in adding onto our already enormous debt of 22 trillion dollars? Why can't we keep illegals out?
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- Immigrants (with and without documents) are actually beneficial for the US, including government spending. Population growth results in higher GDP, more tax revenues, more consumer spending. This has been studied extensively. There are almost no downsides to immigration, even when workers are undocumented and low-skill.
- The US can't "keep illegals out" for the same reason that Prohibition didn't work, that we can't stop illegal drugs from being sold in the US, that we can't stop importing cheap foreign goods, and so on: The incentives are too powerful.
The US economy is in pretty good shape, crime rates are low, there's no war here, and despite all the bitching and moaning its society and government is actually pretty decent. People want to come to the US to work, live free, and live a better life. High demand for immigration is actually a GOOD problem to have.
On the flip side, where are people coming from? Nations with shattered economies, high crime, oppressive governments and/or are engaged in warfare. As long as those nations are a bad place to live, people will want to leave. They aren't deterred by dangerous journeys or threats of deportation or walls or anything else you can think up. You should be
thrilled that you were lucky enough -- and yes, that's really all it is -- to be born in a nation where people want to live (or, qualify to naturalize as a US citizen).
This is why immigration from Mexico has plummeted over the past 20 years. As Mexico's economy improves (in no small part due to *cough* NAFTA making it easier for Mexico to export goods), even given the problems with Mexico's government and the cartels, the incentives to pack up and move to the US have dropped significantly. One result is that apprehensions on the southern border have fallen significantly (thus giving lie to the claims of a "crisis" there).
Oh, and one more fun fact: Clamping down on the border actually
increases the undocumented population in the US. Before we tightened security along the border, migrants would come to the US, work for a few months, then go home. (This is known as "circular flow.") However, as the border gets tougher to cross, the circular flow gets cut off, so migrants are pushed to stay in the US. Unintended consequences are a bitch, eh?
Is this really the first time anyone's mentioned these facts to you...?