AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misleading rhetoric on immigrants
"WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spreading misleading rhetoric about illegal immigration.
At a Wisconsin rally, he suggested he's launched his plan to transport immigrants in the U.S. illegally to sanctuary cities in mass numbers — "my sick idea," as he proudly called it. There's no evidence that's happening".
"He's also giving a confused outlook on the U.S. population growth, alternating between assertions that the country is too full to accept any more migrants and that it needs more migrants to fill jobs.
In the meantime, Russia kept reverberating over the past week, even with special counsel Robert Mueller's report now part of history. "
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-04-29/ap-fact-check-trumps-misleading-rhetoric-on-immigrants
We need more migrants with skills and who want to work; we are full up of those who require our support!! Hell, we can't support our own citizens who are incapable of supporting themselves!
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
"Immigration seems to be ever present in current political and public debate in the United States, with the topic central in the 2016 presidential campaign and since then, amid ongoing policy conversations about border wall construction, refugee resettlement cuts, family separation, and much more. Yet even as positions taken by political parties and individuals seem hardened, immigration flows and the makeup of the U.S. immigrant population have been changing in significant, though not always fully appreciated, ways.
Among the changes: The overall immigrant population continues to grow, but at a slower rate than before the 2007-09 recession. Recent immigrants are more likely to be from Asia than from Mexico, and are also more likely to have a college degree. The size of the unauthorized population appears to be on the decline. Deportations from within the United States are rising. And the United States in 2018 resettled the smallest number of refugees since formal creation of the refugee resettlement program in 1980".
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states
A dozen facts about immigration
"he United States has been shaped by successive waves of immigration from the arrival of the first colonists through the present day. Immigration has wide-ranging impacts on society and culture, and its economic effects are no less substantial. By changing population levels and population growth, immigration augments both supply and demand in the economy. Immigrants are more likely to work (and to be working-age); they also tend to hold different occupations and educational degrees than natives. By the second generation (the native-born children of immigrants), though, the economic outcomes of immigrant communities exhibit striking convergence toward those of native communities".
http://www.brookings.edu/research/a-dozen-facts-about-immigration/
4 myths about how immigrants affect the U.S. economy
"President Donald Trump has been stoking fears about immigrants in the days leading up to the midterm elections. He’s tweeted anti-immigrant ads and threatened to revoke birthright citizenship, something lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have said would be unconstitutional, as he campaigns to drive up Republican turnout".
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/4-myths-about-how-immigrants-affect-the-u-s-economy
Are Immigrants a Drain on Government Resources?
"The Trump administration’s argument for denying green cards to immigrant families is based on faulty math".
http://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/are-immigrants-drain-government-resources/571582/
Immigrants as Economic Contributors: Immigrant Tax Contributions and Spending Power
"Immigrants play an increasingly pivotal role in the U.S. economy. Every American benefit from the taxes that immigrants pay and from the money they spend on consumer goods and services. Their participation in the economy creates a demand for goods and services, thereby boosting job growth. This fact sheet is one of a series of papers examining the various roles immigrants play in our economy. It highlights research illuminating the role that immigrants play in helping cover the cost of public services at the local, state, and federal level, and how their spending contributes to the U.S. economy. These immigrant contributions are often overlooked, but they significantly benefit all Americans".
http://immigrationforum.org/article/immigrants-as-economic-contributors-immigrant-tax-contributions-and-spending-power/
Trump says undocumented immigrants are an economic burden. They pay billions in taxes.
"Unauthorized immigrants paid more than $20 billion in income taxes in 2015. They also fund Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security".
http://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17229018/undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes
Donald Trump's false claim about the cost of illegal immigration
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/dec/05/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-about-cost-illegal-immig/