And Mexican tomatoes, grocery store winter tomatoes, I can live without. Avocados, didn’t even know what they were until I was like 25.
The only real argument against closing the border as far as I can see is when Democrats inevitable get control of government again, they’ll open the floodgates even further, so it’s a temporary reprieve at best.
I’ve always said, if we’re going to do this illegal immigration shit, do away with the minimum wage and allow all Americans to benefit from the cheap labor, I could use a live in maid for ten bucks a day.
Maybe! If that happens America is finished. If Trump wins a second term, then I see a full scorched Earth campaign that could give impetus for the 2022 mid-terms, and 2024 for newer candidates to replace the old guard Republicans. To me its a 50/50 proposition and it can go either way. If Democrats are allowed to take control again, the country no doubt will go bust, and I don’t see it getting better, especially with Millenials wanting to usher in socialism.
Mexico is purposely enabling these caravans instead of enforcing their own immigration laws and while I doubt Trump will carry through with his threat it’s long past time.
Close the border and shut down all electronic transfers to Mexico and see how quickly they come around.
The single largest source of foreign funds coming into Mexico are remittances from the US so economically they cannot possibly stand it for more than a week or two.
That isn’t true, it dramatically cut the cost to consumers which is why Americans are addicted to cheap Chinese crap and why we can’t produce most electronics in the US anymore.
How many impoverished families from Central and South America can we financially support. The above clip is just the costs of paying for anchor babies born here in the US. When you included the costs of additional welfare, housing, additional healthcare, food, schooling, etc., you are easily getting well into tens of thousands of dollars per family. There are about 180 million people in Central America and about 430 million in South America. How many of them can the US support?
NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars on a nominal basis, not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified.Details may not equal totals due to rounding. Table reflects only those months for which there was trade.
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