This sentiment came and went pretty quick in this thread because it just couldn't stand up to the facts of what actually happened. However, I keep seeing it pop up on the other social media sources out there. Is there some justification for this that I'm just not seeing or is it just completely made up propaganda?
The latter. Overall, Liberals recognize the huge contribution that migrants make to the US Economy.
Immigrant workers are prepared to do the jobs that American won't do. They play a critical function in supplying essential labor in the service and agricultural sectors, as well as other parts of the economy. No immigrants = no harvest = no food.
Immigrants are not only workers, they are also consumers. According to an analysis of 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data by the New American Economy, immigrants (14% of the US population) wield US$1.3 trillion in spending power. In some of the largest state economies the contributions of immigrants are substantial.
CA - immigrants are 27% of the population with a spending power of US$318 billion.
NY - immigrants are 22% of the population with a spending power of US$130 billion.
TX - immigrants are 17% of the population with a spending power of US$120 billion.
FL - immigrants are 21% of the population with a spending power of US$105 billion.
Immigrants are more likely to be of prime working age (between 25 and 54 years old), balancing out the relatively older native-born population. If you are retired in the US, your lifestyle is ultimately dependent to a large degree on the work of immigrants
Immigrants are less likely to be children: only 6% are under 18 years old, compared with 25% of the native-born.
Immigrants with STEM degrees have made up an increasing share of the
innovators responsible for new US patents. Foreign-born innovators are responsible for more than 75% of patents from the top ten patent-producing US universities.
Immigrants are more likely than the native-born to start businesses or pursue other forms of self-employment, encouraging future economic dynamism, innovation and long-term economic growth.
Immigrants help fuel economic activity through their attachment to the labor market, their spending power and their entrepreneurial spirit behind much
of our innovations.
Since the US was founded immigrants have played a vital role in creating a diverse, dynamic and growing US economy.
It must surely be terrifying to be a racist, bigoted, white-privileged conservative rube right now in the US, to know that those
"hordes from the south" are smarter, harder working and more enterprising than they are.
