According to Fred Reed, our immigration policy can be described thusly:
To grasp American immigration policy, to the extent that it can be grasped, one need only remember that the United States forbids smoking while subsidizing tobacco growers.Further down:
We have immigration because we want immigration. Liberals favor immigration because it makes them feel warm and fuzzy and international and all, and from a genuine streak of decency. Conservative Republican businessman favor immigration, frequently sotto voce, because they want cheap labor that actually shows up and works.Read it here
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The argument that I would make against this of course is that if you factored in class as well as political affiliation, you would have something that looks like this...
Upper Class/Liberal - Pro legal immigration (global community), mixed-pro illegal immigration (realizing the complexities involved with removing naturalized families and benefits of cheap labor)
Lower Class/Liberal - Pro legal immigration (global community), anti-illegal immigration (Follow the rules and enter legally)
Upper Class/Conservative - Pro legal immigration (cheap labor)
Mixed illegal immigration (cheap labor clashing with xenophobia)
Lower Class/Conservative - Anti legal immigration (Dey took er Jerbs!)
Anti illegal immigration (Dey took er jerbs! mixed with xenophobia)
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