Let’s assume president Trump’s illegal immigration separation policy is a success. From a conservative perspective, would deporting all undocumented immigrants improve the quality of life for Americans? What specific social, cultural, or economic benefits do conservatives see in prioritizing this?
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Illegal aliens are likely not vaccinated against common diseases. If you don’t deport them immediately, you need to enter them in the already over stretched healthcare system.
There may be more…..
Certainly a big part is related to drugs and crime. You can say that a majority of them being deported aren’t violent criminals, but I’d argue that the rate of violent criminals among those being deported is much much higher than that of American citizens on the whole. And those are very different statements.
Secondly, with a decreased demand for housing and an unchanged supply, housing prices should decrease.
Thirdly, by willing to work for less than minimum wage and less than the willing wage, illegal immigrants cause wage stagnation that could be lessened with their deportation.
Of course those second two are much more complicated than that.
American citizens getting paid decent wages to bring food to your table?
Grocery prices will rise but so will Americans expendable income.
Paying dirt wages for cheap labor only benefits the one at the top.
Democrats used to freak out about their slave labor being taken away and now they’re freaking out about their cheap labor being taken away.
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Yes
Wages go up, housing prices improve, and crime decreases.
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What illegal separation policy are you referring to?
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Went to Home Depot, every thing which cost more than $100 was locked. Didn’t it tell you something.
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You want your car insurance to decrease? Deport 20 million illegals
You want less traffic? Deport 20 million illegals
You want cheaper housing? Deport 20 million illegals
You want no waiting time in emergency rooms? Deport 20 million illegals
You want Medicaid spending and therefore the deficit to decrease? Deport 20 million illegals
You want cleaner, safer cities and walkable sidewalks? Deport 20 million illegals
You want no panhandlers at traffic lights? Deport 20 million illegals
You want Democrats to never win a national election? Deport 20 million illegals
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In addition there is the need increased wear and tear on infrastructure. This means the need for repairs drops as less use damage happens to them. Then we look culturally, we have had as seen in the LA ice riots people who do not have the best interest of America in positions of power and they make laws and policies that benefit where their families are from instead of where they are now. This is because they did not integrate into American society they created their own conclaves . This could be seen as happening in Sweden, children of refugees who did not identify as Swedish even though they were born there formed no-go zones and enacted their own rules disregarding the lawful authorities. This is an example of what has been happening in America in sanctuary states and cities. People who do not feel connected to this country and are more connected to a foreign power.