{"id":10031,"date":"2017-03-29T11:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=10031"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:25:16","slug":"the-civic-cost-of-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-civic-cost-of-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Civic Cost Of Illegal Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The arguments for ignoring illegal immigration are as well-known as the self-interested motives that drive it.<\/p>\n

In the abstract, open-borders advocates argue that in a globalized culture, borders are becoming reactionary and artificial constructs. They should not interrupt more natural ebbs and flows of migrant populations.<\/p>\n

More concretely, an array of vested interests sees advantage in dismantling the border: employers in hospitality, construction, food processing, and agriculture prefer hard-working low-wage immigrants, whose social needs are often subsidized by the government and who are reluctant to organize for higher wages.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Party welcomes in impoverished immigrants from Latin America and Mexico. It hopes to provide generous social welfare assistance and thereby shepherd new arrivals and their offspring into the salad bowl of victimization and identity politics\u2014and thereby change the electoral map of key states from red to blue.<\/p>\n

To read more please click on link below:<\/p>\n

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by Victor Davis Hanson via Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution) \u00a0 The arguments for ignoring illegal immigration are as well-known as the self-interested motives that drive it. In the abstract, open-borders advocates argue that in a globalized culture, borders are becoming reactionary and artificial constructs. 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