Hello Tuesday!
1. Question – I asked 10th graders if they thought
the U.S. has an immigration problem and 100% agreed we do.
Then they asked me, “Which president will
fix immigration?”
2. Thought – “Immigration creates more
immigration, and the development of industries where
immigrants are concentrated is distorted by the huge and
continuous supply of cheap foreign labor. In California,
for instance, the acreage planted in labor-intensive
fruits and vegetables has been steadily increasing,
precisely because farmers are basing their planning on the
expectation that the illegal flows won’t be cut off.
If the inflow of illegal workers were reduced, and the
outflow were increased, farmers would start making
different choices – i.e., planting carrots instead
of strawberries, since the harvest of carrots is
mechanized.”
The Center for Immigration Studies has found unchecked
immigration has the effect of slowing technological
development in industries that have become addicted to it.
Whether it is agricultural, construction or even the
restaurant industry, Krikorian notes the incentive to
produce more output with fewer workers is diluted because
of the loose labor market created by immigration. (The
Dark Side of Liberalism by Phil Kent)
“We make men without chests and expect of them
virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are
shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
(C.S. Lewis)
