Here's the thing about this -- railing and ranting about immigrants is classic right wing nationalist stuff, and it's the same in every country.
So I resist falling into that. I don't want to be an idiot fascist.
We've pretty much had open immigration with Mexico all our lives, and then nafta. The boat sailed a long time ago anyway.
OTOH -- there really are drug cartel incursions into American border towns.
We really do not want cartels over here beheading Americans and assasinating prosecutors and judges and all that kind of crap that goes on in places like Mexico and Columbia.
So we just have to watch it. If it's getting bad like that, then we do need the army on the border and to finally seal that border. If there's good cause for it, like these cartels, then I think it's a rational decision and not being a racist right winger nationalist.
Other than that, I think immigration is a net plus, but we shouldn't be afraid to do what we used to a century ago and decide WHICH immigrants we'd like to have more of. I'll have to be honest with you, I'm not fond of Hatians for example. A lot of Hatians around here are up to no good and they're scammers.
Whereas Russians and Ukrainians and Poles and east euros make good immigrants, sure let all those in that want to come in.
For Latin and South America and everywhere else -- we should just put in a good solid funds requirement (and Haiti, for that matter). If somebody can come over with at least twenty thousand or so in their pocket, then why not let them in? That really cuts out all the troublemakers and welfare types, just require they have significant startup funds then those are good people to have in and I don't mind letting as many in as want to come in.
Really the only reason to NOT have immigrants is if we don't have a labor shortage and they'd wind up on assistance.
Culturally though -- and no I don't want to be a racist fascist right winger -- but we are turning into a Spanish nation. And I don't speak Spanish. So what happens to all the Americans in the future who won't speak Spanish either, yet to get a job you have to speak Spanish.
And again, we don't want all the crazyness that goes on in Mexico and much of latin America.
Best solution really is to SEAL THE BORDER TIGHT at this point, and have open immigration to anyone that can show up with about twenty grand cash and that's fair and would keep all the riffraff out.I admit, I bounce back and forth on this issue and see both sides to it. That we're an immigrant nation and that's our strength and statue of liberty and all that, yet I don't want my town to turn into Tijuana either ya know?