Re: The immigration issue (YouTube Republican debate)
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McCain is a national hero?
Oh wait, I forgot that for some reason people consider bad things happening to you to be heroic. Nevermind, carry on.
*goes and heroicly jumps into the Grand Canyon*
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Yeah, McCain as a National hero is a joke. The guy has always been a complete baffoon.
From what I understood, there are a few reasons why Republicans are very anti-immigration.
1) The cost. A welfare state and open immigration cannot coexist. When you get free health care, free schooling of your kids, and other handouts, this gets extremely expensive. Immigrants (at least the illegal ones) rarely make enough money to cover these benefits.
2) Security. If anyone can come into your country, maybe the turrirsts can come in too!
3) Direction of the country. This one particularly worries Republicans. Countries where immigrants come from typically have the attitude that government's role is to provide for its people. When 10 million people come across the border, the next step is to become a citizen. When they become citizens, they can vote. When they can vote, you will have 10 million new Democrats to vote them out.
At least these are their concerns, not necessarily all of them are valid.
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