July 4, 2001 Wall St. Journal op-ed responds to WSJ editorial advocating massively increasing US immigration and open borders: "We annually celebrate the Fourth of July with a paean to immigration...Indeed, during the immigration debate of
1984 we suggested...a constitutional amendment: "There shall be open borders.""....Added: From 1990-2000 the US added 500,000 Mexicans every year. For two decades, 1990-2010, the largest population transfer on earth was Mexico to the United States.
7/4/2001, "Wall Street Journal Needs to Open Its Eyes, Not Border," by Stuart H. Hurlbert, Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Inland
Waters, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. (sci.sdsu.edu) (In response to 7/2/2001 Wall St. Journal Editorial, "Open NAFTA Borders? Why Not?" Wall St. Journal, Robert L. Bartley)
"Mr. Bartley's paean to high immigration rates and open borders reflects
considerable misunderstanding of the big picture. I comment on only two
of its many blindspots: the environment and the "unstoppability" of
immigration.
Rapid population growth is the major cause of accelerating environmental
degradation in the U.S. This population growth is now driven primarily
by legal immigration. Illegal immigration is a significant but secondary
driver. And, in distant third place, are births to U.S. citizens, or
rather the difference between births and deaths among citizens.
Our population growth rate is now higher than that of any other
industrialized nation. Combined with our high per capita rates of
resource consumption and waste generation, this rate of population
growth occasions great environmental damage. Some of it is irreversible,
and all of it is our legacy to our children and grandchildren.
Thus it is accurate to say that immigration is the greatest controllable
cause of environmental degradation in the U.S. The environment, of
course, has never been a matter of prime concern to the Wall Street
Journal, so to see it neglected or 'externalized' from an analysis once
again is no surprise.
Even without open borders, the U.S. Census Bureau now predicts that the
U.S. population may exceed a billion before the end of this century if
there is no immigration reform.
It is equally misguided for Mr. Bartley to state that "There is no
realistic way to stop the resulting flow of people [across our borders]
-- certainly no way that would be acceptable to the American
conscience."
The great majority of Americans want a reduction in legal immigration
and a halt to illegal immigration -- and know full well that there are
perfectly "acceptable" means to achieve both objectives. What we do not
find "acceptable" is the kowtowing of Congress and the Executive Branch
to the powerful special interests fighting for cheap labor and cheap
causes.
With respect to legal immigration all that is needed is legislation to
reduce levels to what they were say, in the 1950s and 1960s. Why would
most Americans not find this "acceptable?"
With respect to illegal immigration, this is high only because for
decades we have offered many rewards and essentially no penalties to
those who attempt it. Those who hire illegal aliens likewise are usually
given a free pass. To solve this problem, little more is required than
to enforce laws already on the books -- laws clearly "acceptable" to the
American people.
Recent testimony by Mr. Roy Beck before the House Judiciary Committee
has thoroughly documented the failure of The Executive Branch to enforce
U.S. immigration laws or to assist communities heavily impacted by
illegal immigrants. This dereliction of duty has risen to a level that a
growing portion of the U.S. population views as treasonous. Mr. Beck
offers a number of constructive suggestions that could bring about rapid
reversal of this dangerous state of affairs."
http://www.veteransforsecureborders.us/articles/art2001jul04.html
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/OpenBorderBartleyWSJ.html
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Added:
"Reformist Mexican President Vincente Fox raises eyebrows with his
suggestion that over a decade or two Nafta should evolve into something
like the European Union, with open borders for not only goods and
investment but also people. He can rest assured that there is one voice
north of the Rio Grande that supports his vision. To wit, this
newspaper.
We annually celebrate the Fourth of July with a paean to immigration,
the force that tamed this vast continent and built this great Republic.
This is not simply history; immigration continues to refresh and nourish
America; we would be better off with more of it. Indeed, during the
immigration debate of 1984 we suggested an ultimate goal to guide
passing policies -- a constitutional amendment: "There shall be open
borders.""...
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Added: The US added 5 million Mexicans to its population from 1990-2000. For two decades, 1990-2010, the largest population transfer on earth was Mexico to the United States:
From 1990-2000 the US added 500,000 Mexicans every year.
p. 23, pdf: For two decades, 1990-2010, the largest population transfer on earth remained Mexico to the United States.
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Feb. 8, 2005, "Vicente Fox, Labor Pimp," Human Events, Mac Johnson
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2/1/17, "Mexico’s remittances reach almost $27 billion," AP via Washington Post, Mexico City
"Mexicans living abroad sent home almost $27 billion in 2016, the
highest yearly figure on record, the central bank reported on Wednesday."...
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Added:
Mexico's minimum wage of 53 cents an hour (80 pesos per day. 80 pesos=$4.25 US dollars. $4.25 divided by 8 hours=53 cents) guarantees a constant flow of slave labor to the US and billions in remittances sent back to Mexico through US and Mexican banks.
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US Republican Senator says US can't offer higher wages because "globalization" dictates what US employers can afford to pay workers:
Following WSJ op-ed agrees with Sen. Johnson's view of the US as a global cash register rather than a country:
5/4/17, "On Immigration, Washington Doesn’t Know Best," Wall St. Journal, Jason L. Riley, opinion
"Two GOP congressmen have a plan to give states authority over visas and work rules."
"When I asked Mr. Johnson why employers couldn’t simply raise wages to
attract more U.S. workers, he replied that there are multiple causes for
labor shortages. “We pay people not to work. We tell our kids that you
have to get a four-year degree, which kind of implies that working in
factories or the crafts or the trades—that there’s something wrong with
that.” The senator also cited the international marketplace with which
so many employers now must grapple. “Remember, you’re also operating in a
global economy where you have competitive prices on products,” he said.
“So you have globalization of product prices, which dictates what you
can actually afford in terms of paying workers. I understand the
anecdotal stories of American workers being displaced by immigrants and
illegal immigrants. But there’s also the truth that a lot of business
can’t hire enough people at any wage.”"...
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Added: US knows recession and mass immigration led many US workers to drop out of the job market and become drug addicts, but we must move on, must have much more cheap foreign labor:
Globalist GOP, more determined than ever to erase US borders, are planning a bill to achieve this through the states rather than waiting for a federal bill. States will be offered new visa quotas combined with US citizenship. GOP lawmakers Sen. Johnson, R-Wi and Rep. Buck, R-Co say US must "replace" drug addicted American workers who've dropped out. (The bill, “State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program of 2017,” hasn't yet been formally introduced). US citizenship is merely a tool to ensure constant downward pressure on US wages. Mexico's minimum wage of 53 cents an hour (80 pesos per day. 80 pesos=$4.25 US dollars. $4.25 divided by 8 hours=53 cents) guarantees a constant flow of slave labor to the US. Billions in remittances sent back to Mexico through US and Mexican banks. From 1990-2000 the US added 500,000 Mexicans every year.
5/4/17, "Two GOP Legislators Propose American Replacement Bill, Plus Amnesty," Breitbart, Neil Munro
"Two GOP legislators are introducing legislation to
let states annually import 500,000 foreign blue-collar workers and
white-collar professionals to replace Americans who have fallen out of
the workforce and into drug addiction.
The American replacement bill is needed because companies can’t
hire the employees they want amid the massive decline in the number of
Americans who are seeking work, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson told an event
hosted Wednesday by the CATO Institute....
In his Wednesday statement, (Wisconsin's) Johnson spoke at length about the
“new plague [of opioid addiction] in our country,” and quoted from an
article describing the huge extent of worker drop out amid the post-2008
combination punch of recession and mass-immigration. According to the article by demographer Nichols Eberstadt:
"The collapse in work rates for U.S. adults between 2008 and 2010 was
roughly twice the amplitude of what had previously been the country’s
worst postwar recession, back in the early 1980s. In that previous steep
recession, it took America five years to re-attain the adult work rates
recorded at the start of 1980. This time, the U.S. job market has as
yet, in early 2017, scarcely begun to claw its way back up to the work
rates of 2007—much less back to the work rates from early 2000…U.S.
adult work rates never recovered entirely from the recession of
2001—much less the crash of ’08."
The subsequent “social pathologies…I would argue are being
driven by government policy,” Johnson told the hearing room, and he
cited Medicaid’s distribution of free opioids throughout much of the
country.
But “it is not going to be a government program that is going to solve” that worker drop-out problem, Johnson continued. So the new visa bill, he said, is targeted to “making sure that American businesses have the labor they need.”
The new bill is required because “we need a strong and vibrant
workforce,” said Buck, as he declined to discuss any effort to fix the
worker-dropout problem:
"I think we’ve got to deal with able-bodied individuals in this
country who are not working…we still need to address the feeling among
Americans that are workers in the country…who are not working and need
to be working.""...
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