{"id":21861,"date":"2019-08-22T13:53:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21861"},"modified":"2019-08-22T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:53:49","slug":"immigration-levels-costs-biden-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/08\/22\/immigration-levels-costs-biden-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Wants 2 Million More Immigrants a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pandering to an Asian and Latino political action committee recently, Democratic presidential frontrunner and global citizen Joe Biden declared<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe could afford to take in a\nheartbeat another two million people [per year].\nThe idea that a country of 330 million people is cannot\nabsorb people who are in desperate need \u2026 is absolutely bizarre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nmost bizarre thing here is Biden\u2019s shaky grasp of this nation\u2019s immigration\nhistory and basic economics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1825, legal immigration to the U.S. has averaged less than 800,000<\/a> annually. Due largely to recent radical spikes in immigration, America\u2019s population has surged 16.6 percent since 2000, exceeding the pace of growth in the world\u2019s most populous country, China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A record 44.5 million first-generation immigrants in America constituted roughly 1 of every 7 residents in this country in 2017, a ratio not seen since 1890, according to the Migration Policy Institute<\/a>. Now Biden is pushing for an unprecedented rate of 2 million new immigrants per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glibly,\nthe career politician from tiny Delaware asserts that the U.S. can \u201cafford\u201d to\naccommodate more than the current annual influx of 1.2 million legal immigrants.\nOn whose dime?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, some 63 percent of households headed by non-citizens use at least one welfare program, including an astonishing 80 percent of non-citizen households with children,\u201d according to Mark Krikorian<\/a> of the Center for Immigration Studies. Those numbers come with real costs attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-Ark.) throws more shade on the shiny stereotype of universally productive U.S. immigrants. Riding the chain migration of family members, \u201cOnly 1 in 15 immigrants comes here for employment,\u201d the Arkansas Republican noted at an immigration forum last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigrants who work typically do so at the expense of native-born Americans. As FAIR detailed<\/a>: \u201cBoth legal and illegal immigrants are often manipulated into working jobs that pay less than market value because of their limited options and skill sets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fairness, President Donald Trump says he, too, wants \u201cmore immigration.\u201d<\/a> But while calling for historic new levels, Biden has offered no specifics on the types of immigrants he envisions. Indeed, he doesn\u2019t even distinguish between legal and illegal arrivals. Back in 2014, then-Vice President Biden opined that illegal aliens \u201calready are citizens.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bizarrely,\nBiden is considered a \u201cmoderate\u201d in the Democratic Party field and has been\nattacked by rivals and party activists for his role in the Obama\nadministration\u2019s minimal efforts to enforce immigration laws. Though his rivals\nhave yet to offer their optimum levels of immigration, count on the likes of\nJulian Castro and Beto O\u2019Rourke to take the \u201cover\u201d in any bidding contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pandering to an Asian and Latino political action committee recently, Democratic presidential frontrunner and global citizen Joe Biden declared: \u201cWe could afford to take in a heartbeat another two million people [per year]. The idea that a country of 330 million people is cannot absorb people who are in desperate need \u2026 is absolutely bizarre.\u201d The<\/p>\n

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