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  • Thanks for your response. Your argument is convincing and I have no refutation, I appreciate you taking the time.

    The only thing I would say is I bet this is still fixable with policy without having to ban or restrict immigration. But alas, that’s a different discussion, and your point that there are valid non racist reasons to criticize immigration is correct. Thanks again!


  • Thanks for a thoughtful response. My thoughts:

    1. In most cases, illegal immigrants do not benefit from government welfare programs, but they do work and contribute to the economy positively.
    2. In cases where data has been collected, immigrant populations tend to put more into the economy than take through social programs, when compared with native populations. I can provide sources and data on this if you’d like.
    3. Illegal immigrants may often not pay income tax, but they do pay most other forms of taxes that still end up paying more into the system than they get back. I can also provide evidence on this if you’d like.
    4. If tax isn’t being collected from someone, when they’re willing to pay it, that is 100% the fault of anti-immigration policy, not an immigration issue.