You're right that the strain on communities is real, and I don't want to dismiss that. But a pause isn't going to fix the underlying issues. Overcrowded schools and hospitals are symptoms of underinvestment, not immigration. If we paused all movement tomorrow, those problems wouldn't disappear.
The construction worker you mentioned—his wages are stagnant because of a lot of factors. Offshoring, automation, the decline of unions. Blaming immigrants is convenient, but it misses the bigger picture. And that cash-under-the-table work you're describing? That's a symptom of a broken legal system, not immigration itself. If we streamlined pathways to work legally, those same workers would be paying taxes and contributing to the systems you're worried about.
We need to fix the process, not freeze it. That's how you actually help the communities you're talking about.
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