The Illegal Flood
Lost in the Mexican flag waving hordes of illegal immigrants in America are the legally working individuals plying their trades in the great Republic. The government and the media, fixated on the problem of illegal immigration, have yet to see the problems plaguing legal immigration. Immigration, the concept upon which the United States grew on is now facing new hurdles since the War on Terror.
The rallies of illegal immigrations, presented by the media as if a horde of barbarians were invading the nations the likes of which not seen since 1271, distort the beneficial facets of the practice. The topic is not even about these non-citizens, who leave the American marketplace with a 4.8% unemployment rate.[1] Ignoring the individuals who take those McJobs, those seasonal farming positions, those migrant worker placements, we begin to see the engineers, doctors and other professionals who came to the Republic seeking greater wealth and the benefit of the land of the free. Providing America with labour that most of the domestic population is unqualified to perform, they still are not rewarded with green coloured cards or other statuses leading to citizenship. Instead, they are given the same skepticism of market saturation and "unwantedness" as an illegal immigrant.
By what right do these individuals even claim to have the power of suffrage, the right to social services, the privilege of being American as well as (most likely) being Canadian. The answer is simple, and yet American, "taxation without representation". The Canadian engineer that goes to America to help develop software that tens of millions use across the globe is not living off social welfare. That person is giving the American government thousands of dollars in taxes, providing invaluable labour and without that person, the job goes unfilled without a qualified American to take its place. Where is the right to deny a man these basic privileges and rights when they give more to the society than does the average citizen of America?
The United States founded itself on the principle that no amount of tax should be paid to a regime that affords it no representation. It is ironic to see that America has developed itself a new class of people, the immigrants, the class of people it founded the nation upon, to be the new beleaguered people. Without attention given to address the woes of immigrants, legal or illegal, for what reason is there to move to America? There is no dream of the American dream when a man may never be American. Let them work in Canada, in the European Union, anywhere else where they may live, breathe, work, pay taxes and gain suffrage.
[1] CIA World Factbook
Ultrapunk
The rallies of illegal immigrations, presented by the media as if a horde of barbarians were invading the nations the likes of which not seen since 1271, distort the beneficial facets of the practice. The topic is not even about these non-citizens, who leave the American marketplace with a 4.8% unemployment rate.[1] Ignoring the individuals who take those McJobs, those seasonal farming positions, those migrant worker placements, we begin to see the engineers, doctors and other professionals who came to the Republic seeking greater wealth and the benefit of the land of the free. Providing America with labour that most of the domestic population is unqualified to perform, they still are not rewarded with green coloured cards or other statuses leading to citizenship. Instead, they are given the same skepticism of market saturation and "unwantedness" as an illegal immigrant.
By what right do these individuals even claim to have the power of suffrage, the right to social services, the privilege of being American as well as (most likely) being Canadian. The answer is simple, and yet American, "taxation without representation". The Canadian engineer that goes to America to help develop software that tens of millions use across the globe is not living off social welfare. That person is giving the American government thousands of dollars in taxes, providing invaluable labour and without that person, the job goes unfilled without a qualified American to take its place. Where is the right to deny a man these basic privileges and rights when they give more to the society than does the average citizen of America?
The United States founded itself on the principle that no amount of tax should be paid to a regime that affords it no representation. It is ironic to see that America has developed itself a new class of people, the immigrants, the class of people it founded the nation upon, to be the new beleaguered people. Without attention given to address the woes of immigrants, legal or illegal, for what reason is there to move to America? There is no dream of the American dream when a man may never be American. Let them work in Canada, in the European Union, anywhere else where they may live, breathe, work, pay taxes and gain suffrage.
[1] CIA World Factbook
Ultrapunk
posted by Ultrapunk at
2:27 PM
4 Comments:
That's right. Americans are far too protectionistic in this issue. It is too hard for corporations to employ foreigners. And at the same time they have a Green card Lottery!
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Anonymous, at 3:03 PM
Oh teh noes, teh foreigners!!! Get out teh ak-47s!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
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Anonymous, at 3:11 PM
That was a little confusing. I support the basic point: we shouldn't treat immigrants or potential immigrants like criminals, but... I think you might've gotten a little involved and lost track of what you were saying.
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Thorn969, at 6:15 PM
Good for people to know.
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Anonymous, at 5:17 AM
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