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Originally Posted by Mick
We DO NOT need any illegal immigrants. We have a legal immigration policy, that lets about a million people per year into our country. Folks who study it have said for decades that we could EASILY go to 2 million per year, and have it be good for our country, IF AND ONLY IF, we got some reasonable control over the Southern border.
Think about the difference between legal and illegal immigration. A few examples: legal immigrants can not be convicted felons, and must have a sponsor of some sort, like a family member already a citizen or an employer willing to hire them. Illegal immigrants just walk across the border, and instantly become a liability on our system, and apparently the liberals don't care if they are coming here to deal drugs, or escape prosecution in other countries for violent crimes.
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Legal immigrants have a pretty strong incentive to avoid getting into trouble with the law. Even illegal immigrants have a 45% lower conviction rate than native-born Americans (of all races, I presume), but higher than legal immigrants .
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-resear...ration-crime-0