The only reasons some Americans are anti-immigration are the ones they made up themselves

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pennomi@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
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RandomVideos@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y

A simple solution to deal with undocumented immigrants is to document them

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

I'd rather we cracked down on foreign work visas being abused to take away middle-class jobs.

SirSamuel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Well of course if you just do a pure 1:1 comparison of numbers citizens will have higher numbers. There's more of us!

If you do per capita, however…

Yeah it's still citizens.

By a lot

CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This is true across the entire Western world, btw.

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Along with horseshit arguments like "but there's not enough houses for them" and "but what about healthcare", as if getting rid of the people who work in building and healthcare will magically make the situation better.

CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Also, at least in Germany we desperately need immigrants to keep health care from collapsing (especially elder care).

YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Being against illegal immigration is not the same thing as being anti-immigration.

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

The undocumented worker or the far scarier illegal alien will pay more this year in taxes that Aotus.