Here at All The Best, this is a positive lifestyle spot, so the pros will be of the “all in favor” variety. The “cons” will not be akin to those who offer us fraudulent claims to entice us to part with our money.
Simply put, Pros stand for yes and Cons for no.
So, you ask, what are we voting for?
Well, let’s see what we can say about immigrants that meets my positive take.
The fact remains that mass migration and nativist backlash have stalked one another for more than a century.
Idrees Kahloon, Economists Love Immigration. Why Do So Many Americans Hate It? in the New Yorker
Full disclosure is warranted: I was 6 when I arrived in Jackson Heights. My parents applied for political asylum when I was nine.
My expectation of growing up in the land of my birth was replaced by my life as an alien in America.
Oh, of course, I adapted to my new home, sporting a Queens accent with ease. For many years under all that Americanization, I still felt like a foreigner.
Pros, aka all in favor say Aye
The plus side of immigration coming from inside the immigrant experience is the opportunity it offers to those of us “yearning to breathe free.”
It may sound like propaganda, but we of the alien persuasion tend to be extreme in our patriotism. We are filled with the desire to make sure America meets all of its promises.
Patriotism, like all things in the great divide that America has become, is a fraught subject.
Let us stipulate that the grateful immigrant is a good citizen. We work hard as a rule. We pay taxes. We act in accordance to our civic obligations.
I’ve listed four reasons to honor the contributions immigrants make.
They also often pick up the slack jobs that the second or third or tenth generation won’t work.
CONS, or I say nay
Jingoist considerations are the first things that come to mind. You know, retorts like “they are different” qualify.
There’s reason one through twenty to turn immigrants away.
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