Real Immigration Reform
I am a child of illegal immigrants. They all came before our post-World War I restrictions and none of them were happy at home. If some of you are now shocked by immigrants coming to this country without being invited, I would remind you, so did all the others. Since we are dipping our toe into a big vat of reality let’s try a plunge into the deep end. Most of the illegal immigrants living in this country are decent people. They are here because America offers hope, while their native countries offered only despair. They number around 11 million. That is a little over 3% of the entire population. Over 8 million have jobs, pay taxes and buy American food, clothing, appliances, furniture, housing, cars, services and energy. They are not a drag on our economy, they stimulate it. ...