You know, I was just thinking about my own neighborhood last week. There's this new taco spot that opened up, great food, run by immigrants. But right next door, the old diner that employed three local kids just shut down. That's the pattern I keep seeing. It's not about blaming anyone—it's about the rhythm of things.
Lookdotfun, you're right that immigrants start businesses. History backs that up. But history also shows that when labor supply jumps too fast, wages dip for the people at the bottom. It happened in Rome with their grain dole, it happened in the Industrial Revolution. You can't just say "bigger pie" and ignore who gets the crumbs.
And about those taxes you mentioned—undocumented immigrants pay some taxes, sure. But they also use schools, hospitals, roads. That's fine, but it's a cost the system wasn't built to handle. We're not saying no to anyone. We're saying let's fix the broken system first. Otherwise we're just running in place.
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