For years, Congress has fought reform of our immigration system. The focus instead has been on cracking down on illegal immigrants.
That seems like a clever diversion tactic, as in “look at something shiny over there,” while the real issue is about properly managing a legal immigration system fairly. If you understand that Social Security is paid for by the younger for those who are at retirement age, then you have part of the picture. If you also understand that birth rates are low, then you get the other part. Who do you think is going to help pay for your Social Security if not legally allowed immigrants who add to the taxpaying workforce of our nation?
Focus instead on fixing the immigration system, including effective management of illegal immigrants. The flimflam wall at our southern border is an expensive sideshow that does little if anything to solve the true immigration problems. We would allow cuts to the EPA, Public Broadcasting, and Meals on Wheels to fund a wall that does little and a $54 billion increase in a military budget that already spends more than the next several nations combined? Preposterous.
