America's Immigration Policies are helping to Destroy Small Businesses and are Crippling Small Towns.

America has had a problem with Immigration for over a century. It is about the time when laws were slowly being applied for those coming and talking heads in power began to put forth laws designed to separate those they deemed unfit to set foot on our land.
It would wane and flux from administration to administration. One could argue it started with the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, which would not be completely repealed until the National Immigration act in 1965 which repealed country of origin elimination.
Despite this atrocious act the bulk of anti Immigration Policies came forth in the 1920s with the National Origins act of 1929 capping immigration at 150,000 per year. It focused primarily on those from Southern and Eastern Europe and all but Eliminated people from Asia from entering.
Indeed our history of Bigotry and False fear is deep within this country and arguably has no place in modern society on any level.
Immigration exclusion and crack downs have done little more than to hold us back, both culturally and economically.
Recently Trump ended statuses for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants here on special status, creating a huge void in low skilled workers. From Meat Packing plants to fields this will have a profound affect on the economies of those area's, and of course create a void in businesses unable to fill those jobs with local workers.
Ironically by allowing special status of workers it helps to solve the very Immigration problem the Radical Right claims we have.
Those people within the country inevitably send money back to their own country, helping to educate their friends and relatives which of course breaths fresh life into their own economies.
In my wifes case for instance, she was Educated from the money sent from her Aunts living and working in Japan, not only her, but five other family members would receive College Degrees from that money sent. My wife the first in her family to have a College Job was able to give her Mom something we take for granted, her first Refrigerator. Her income also helped provide extra food they otherwise would never have had.
Now think about it for a minute, that money only helps bring up those economies which in turn will purchase from us, why on earth would we not want that?

My case for Immigrants and refugees.

Immigrants bring forth Idea's from basics such as new cooking methods to things more advanced such as Science.
Just sit back and Imagine what our country would be like without two of the greatest minds ever to grace this earth, not being allowed to America.
Those two minds are Albert Einstein, a Refugee from Germany and Nicola Tesla, a Immigrant from Yugoslavia. Without their valuable contributions it is impossible to know where America would be today, one thing is sure we likely would not have been a world leader for so long.
The valuable contributions of in our Science and Technologies continue today with over 50 percent of all Scientists coming from abroad.
Since America seems completely incapable of dealing with it's education system which would help Americans fill these voids, we undoubtedly will have to continue catering to a Immigrant population which simply cannot be stopped as it would literally cripple our ability to not only advance ourselves, but to compete in world technology.
Not to be excluded our own Medical profession is desperately addicted to foreigners as well. Since America again cannot address it's own educational shortcoming our country has recruited from other countries be it Doctors, Nurses and Dentists.
Those are beyond desperately needed in small towns where it is less attractive for Americans to move to and is a foot in the door for the foreigner. For a foreigner this may be their chance to live in the Mountains of Montana or perhaps some small town in the Great Plains, it is their chance to live out the old AMerican history they have heard so much about, perhaps to interact with wildlife they have only dreamed of.

Then of course we can move on to the Backbone of America, the Immigrant worker which we so desperately need.
For reasons not always completely understood Rural Towns are suffering hard and with that comes a desperate need for those foreign workers. As we advance our own society is less likely to want to do menial jobs, this is not new to America and historically is quite common. IF you know there is better, easier work available, why on earth would you not take advantage of that?
So with that little tidbit comes the realization that many in small towns want a better life, they want to partake in the money adventure so are leaving.
Their places are not being filled, as those positions go unfilled we lose out on basic economies and ultimately taxes desperately needed to help with the infrastructure, as all this dries up towns inevitably die.
Small towns from Rural America to Italy who have tried a different approach and embraced Refugees with great results. Contrary to right wing propaganda these towns found willing workers grateful for a new life and a chance at the American Dream.
Those people brought in a new Economy, filled empty houses and enriched with a new Culture sparking curiosity and diversity.
Come now dear Reader who has just bulked at this thought, do you not enjoy a Chinese or Italian Restaurant?
Let's be honest, if nothing else food as the Late Anthony Bourdain had stated is a "Bridge for us all".

Immigration Crackdowns on the other hand have brought nothing short of Misery. Many good people have been deported for no good reason other than cruelty. I am not one who believes every person should be categorized and listed, I cannot think of anything more repulsive in a supposed advanced society.
Moreover the Crackdowns have all but destroyed local and state tax bases as Billions upon Billions in Crops have rotted from worker shortages. Sow how are those crops replaced? Well ironically enough we import the food shortages. Thanks or maybe not thanks to American Trade policies we can easily manipulate our own food sources from abroad.
The Crackdowns also fuel anti Immigration and ultimately anti Human behavior as Humans Descend into Tribalism intent on persecuting anyone different from them.
That needs to end.

I encourage you, dear reader to write your representatives and push for a real change. As a country we need real immigration policies which to date we none.
Millions have been made Illegal not simply from just jumping over the border, but from having to deal with a complex immigration system which is one of those most difficult in the world.
That makes no good sense, why on earth can we not sit down and realize we all need each other?
I implore you to make this change, regardless of your age group we all depend on each other, the Immigrant/Refugee on our generosity and we depend on their work to help enable our own lives.
What are we waiting for?





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