{"id":8685,"date":"2015-03-25T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8685"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:23:56","slug":"misleading-arguments-result-from-false-assumptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/03\/25\/misleading-arguments-result-from-false-assumptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading Arguments Result from False Assumptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jobs\"The March 24 edition<\/a> of The New York Times carries a long argument by NPR writer Adam Davison titled, \u201cDebunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant.\u201d He argues that because immigrants can make more money in the United States than in their home country the world is richer for the migration.<\/p>\n

He concludes that open borders would be beneficial to the United States and to the world. But he comes to that conclusion based on the misleading fact that, \u201cThe State Department issues fewer than half a million immigrant visas each year.\u201d He then asks, if we can\u2019t have open borders, \u201cwhat about doubling the visas we issue each year?\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe that Davidson and the editors at The New York Times do not know that as many immigrants are admitted each year by the Department of Homeland Security as are admitted by the Department of State. In fact the number of newly admitted immigrants is averaging more than a million persons per year.<\/p>\n

Would Davidson have changed his argument if he recognized that his suggested level of immigrant admission has already been achieved? Presumably he would not, because he is for open borders. But some of the readers of The New York Times might understand the issue better if they had a more accurate description of the status quo presented to them.