New Imigration Reform

[oldmandennis]

The more open the border, and indeed, the more open all borders, the better, in my mind.

I disagree, and I vote. There is a very real limit to the number of immigrants that roads, schools, sewage, police, fire, and healthcare systems can absorb in a given period of time. As a resident of San Diego, I can clearly see that effect - we are definitely not very far from that point.

In the end, immigrants cannot 'funnel' money out of the country in a lasting way. The money goes out, people outside buy products with it, which fuels demand, which creates production back inside your country. The whole loop may take decades or even centuries to return the prosperity, but trade brings wealth everywhere.

I'm not sure how well the remittance thing is quantified, but I'm not going to vote for somebody who thinks "all those Mexican remittances will go to Japan and China... then return to the US centuries from now".