A country overrun with illegal aliens that are taking billions of tax payer money to transport them, house them, feed them, pay for their medical, and also pay for their children’s college isn’t also good for the Republic…doesn’t really matter if they are illegal with a prior criminal record or they simply walked into the country illegally, which to my knowledge of federal law make them people committing a crime, they all are a burden to America and Americans.
You make a decent point, but so do those people who argue that most of those illegals are economically indispensable to the agriculture, construction and hospitality industries. Both can be true at the same time — those industries are generally low-paid, which means we effectively subsidize the workers wages with food stamps and the like. Yes, it is a financial burden on tax payers, but that is how the economy has been structurally set up to keep wages low in those industries.
Will those wages go up and attract more Americans if a large number of illegals are deported? Quite possibly. But expect that will drive up prices for food, homes, hotels, etc. You can’t make labor more expensive and expect the farmers, construction companies and hotels will eat the cost out of the kindness of their hearts for consumers.
I’m not trying to persuade you the mass deportations are a bad idea — just pointing out the reality of economics.
In your case, you may believe the economic trade-offs are worth it, which is understandable.
However, people who don’t believe the mass deportations are economically justified — or morally justified, given that our economy basically recruited these people — are also entitled to their opinion.
It doesn’t make them traitors or guilty of sedition or worthy of prison or execution. The Constitution protects their right to protest and voice their views.
Do you have to agree with them? Nope. But I wish we could recognize that both sides can be loyal Americans rather than hating each other.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: It used to be Americans hated the Soviet communists or the Islamic terrorists, but now they don’t hate anyone more than their fellow Americans.
That is incredibly dangerous and damaging to the Republic — much more than any individual policy…
<- Those w/ half-a-brain
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