‘Illegal’ Immigrants, Jobs, and Welfare

The Mad MAGA Hatter says immigrants collect all the welfare but also somehow take all the jobs — here are the facts

This is all over social media. I picked it up from “The Other 98%” on Facebook. If you’ve not heard of Schrodinger, ”you can look him up here.

We’ve been arguing about the border for years. On the one side of the argument are people like:

• Lauren Boebert: “Allowing illegal immigrants that are gang members and criminals with COVID to enter the U.S. and receive citizenship is a slap in the face to the American people and the rule of law.”
• John Linder, a former Republican member of the House: “It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents.”
• And, of course, Donald J. tRump: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. … They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

On the other side of the argument is … me.

I agree that some immigrants — whom I call “undocumented,” not “illegal” — are good people. However, I substitute “most” for Trump’s “some” and maintain that Boebert’s gang members and criminals probably have easier ways to get into the country than walking for thousands of miles.