[QUOTE=Ridge;51876062]The US physically cannot support unmetered immigration. Our economy cannot, our infrastructure cannot.[/QUOTE]
ok
can you point out where he said it can
[QUOTE=Ridge;51876062]The US physically cannot support unmetered immigration. Our economy cannot, our infrastructure cannot.[/QUOTE]
the US seemed quite capable of supporting rather high levels of immigration in the past during the 19th and 20th centuries
[QUOTE=Ridge;51876062]The US physically cannot support unmetered immigration. Our economy cannot, our infrastructure cannot.[/QUOTE]
It's not an all-or-nothing kind of deal, man. We can have a middle ground between completely open borders and Iron Curtain 2.0, one that strikes a balance between our interests and the demands on the immigration system.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;51877001]Just stop right there.
The 19th century? Yeah during the first 50 years there was this thing called Manifest Destiny, we literally grew the size of the country by what, 2/3rds? Second half of the century was dominated by the industrial revolution and the creation of a mind blowing number of jobs and the birth of countless industries. All of this gave us the capability to support mass immigration at a level never before seen.
The first half of the 20th century was also pretty dominated by the industrial revolution, and high levels of immigration, but over time our economy changed and things slowed down, which shifted how we handle immigration.[/QUOTE]
so what's stopping immigration now exactly
there's a lot of land, a lot of work to be done, a lot of infrastructure capable of handling a lot of people
i mean millions of people kept immigrating throughout the 20th century and if anything the USA and its people got richer rather than poorer
[QUOTE=Atlascore;51877001]Just stop right there.
The 19th century? Yeah during the first 50 years there was this thing called Manifest Destiny, we literally grew the size of the country by what, 2/3rds? Second half of the century was dominated by the industrial revolution and the creation of a mind blowing number of jobs and the birth of countless industries. All of this gave us the capability to support mass immigration at a level never before seen.
The first half of the 20th century was also pretty dominated by the industrial revolution, and high levels of immigration, but over time our economy changed and things slowed down, which shifted how we handle immigration.[/QUOTE]
a majority of the US is just empty land not used for anything at all, there are states still that do not possess enough people to pass the old threshold for statehood
Illegal immigration has plateaued, and [B]illegal immigration of Mexican [/B][B]nationals in particular[/B][B] has been in decline.[/B] Even they see that America is an empire in decline.
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