{"id":5023,"date":"2013-11-06T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:29:17","slug":"u-s-chamber-of-commerces-falsehoods-on-immigration-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/11\/06\/u-s-chamber-of-commerces-falsehoods-on-immigration-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Falsehoods on Immigration – Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put up a website giving what it calls \u201c10 Immigration Facts Everyone Can Agree To<\/a>.\u201d The so-called facts are both falsehoods and half-truths. Here is their #5:<\/p>\n

U.S. Chamber\u2019s Myth: \u201cImmigrants hurt communities that are struggling economically.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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U.S. Chamber\u2019s Fact: \u201cImmigrants have economically revitalized many communities throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

FAIR\u2019s Fact:<\/p>\n

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A distinction has to be made as to whom you are talking about. There are high-earning immigrants who are an economic benefit to any community, however unemployed and underemployed Americans are often adversely affected<\/a> by mass illegal and legal immigration \u2013 which hurts struggling communities. Illegal aliens almost always represent a fiscal burden<\/a> on a community, especially if they have children in public schools, and if their children are born in the United States and are eligible for welfare benefits. The Senate legislation backed by the U.S. Chamber (S.744) would put the estimated 12 million illegal residents on a path to gaining the same welfare benefits as those U.S.-born children. In addition, the experience of the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens clearly demonstrated that the amnesty led to an increase in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n