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Originally Posted by Zarley
Illegal immigration is undeniably a problem for the U.S. Having a massive supply of below market (essentially indentured) labour is not productive in the long run, just look at how that's worked in places like South Africa.
But there is a larger problem with the legal immigration system. US immigration favours family class immigrants over economic migrants. These are often uneducated, older people in poor health who immediately become a burden to the system. Meanwhile, international students who have earned degrees wanting to stay in the States and contribute to the economy are turned away. Politicians on both sides have done nothing to solve these issues in decades. Fareed Zakaria had a nice piece on this several years ago:
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Fareed Zakaria is my favourite voice in world affairs. So smart, reasonable and principled