Law enforcement is actually under tremendous pressure to “work with” the feds, so it’s easy to see why their role is confusing to a lot of immigrants.Basically, sanctuary cities are cities that have adopted either a de jure or de facto policy of not checking immigration status at the time of an arrest or other lawful law enforcement encounter. At the same time, many of these de jure policies also bar local law enforcement from coordinating with federal law enforcement when the local law enforcement does learn of a suspect’s immigration status. It’s the immigration equivalent of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Now if we could only get the pesky Irish to give up their St. Patrick’s Day parades…until those here assimilate into our culture.
The 1920’s had very little immigration, yet the economy was buzzing, new industries like automobiles, radio, consumer economics were launched and our entire suburban/ car culture came into existence.If you look at U.S. employment rates and immigration rates going back to 1900, you will see that periods of LOW unemployment correlate with periods of HIGH immigration.
In economics that’s called supply and demand.In all seriousness–our county’s chamber of commerce recently held one of its conferences and the chairman talked all about how our booming industries and manufacturers are looking at a whole host of problems because they can’t find enough people to fill vacant positions since The Feds put the clampdown on immigration.
By the way, I live in a county once characterized by Karl Rove as the most reliably Republican county in the U.S. We’re conservatives here. Businessmen and conservatives. We have only a single Democrat elected to a state-level office.
And even WE understand the hurt that restricted immigration will do to the economy.
Assimilation occurs over generations.but the irish did assimilate. Just as the Italians. Unlike immigrants of today that demand their culture replace western culture.
I think you have it backwards. growth in industry creates a need for immigration for jobs in the growing field…Immigration creations jobs, it creates customers, it creates growth.
BTW, that’s exactly what President Trump would like to do. Bring in highly qualified immigrants that will be able to contribute to the economy and not be a burden on the US taxpayergrowth in industry creates a need for immigration for jobs in the growing field…
No, technology drove it all. The industrial revolution was built by a massive jump in technical advancement. If you had to pick one thing, it would be the steam engine.Population is what drove it all, friend. It put people in the steel mills and the construction sites, and the factories, and the shops. Population that grew due to immigration. Immigration is uniquely how the US exploded in the nineteenth century, especially out west. Immigration is a huge topic of the era.
You think the calendar did it? Ages are built by people, not the other way around. It is demonstrated time and again in US history that immigration is good for the economy, it creates jobs and wealth, and makes our nation stronger.
That’s exactly right, technological advances like the Bessemer process led to new uses for steel in construction and transportation, which led to more need for coal and for oil, and a need to bring people in to dig it up.No, technology drove it all.
If the immigrants in question are college educated and technically adept- the kind of immigrants the country needs- they are usually able to read English even if they have a rough time speaking the language. I’ve had no problem at all communicating with my immigrant periodontist from Korea, who was educated here in America.There’s a sizable body of research showing that adult language acquisition can take many years, even with continual exposure and immersion.
It is more than just language that people are demanding we change. Just look at what is happening with governments in Europe. Brexit is just the start of the end of the EU. Why are so many people in these countries wanting to exit the EU? If we keep up this policy of come on come all, you will see states wanting to exit the US. If it happens this time there wont be the moral debate of slavery to start a civil war over.There’s a difference between struggling to learn a foreign language and - how did you word it? - “demand[ing] their cultures replace western culture.”
There’s a sizable body of research showing that adult language acquisition can take many years, even with continual exposure and immersion. The process moves more quickly in children due to both brain development and ELL programs in public schools.
Seems anything short of a captial crime and they think you are good to go.They do favor a screening process.