Cryophilia@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agoWhy limit immigration?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy limit immigration?Cryophilia@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoAside from racism, it is usually the belief that the new immigrants will either be economic competition for those with jobs or a drain on welfare.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoThat combined with a lack of available housing are the answers I see most often.
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoGee, if only we could find the labor to build some extra housing. Must be that the immigrants taking our jobs just don’t want to work these days.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoYou also need money, materials, and space to build housing though and I doubt all immigrants are carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and all the other professionals needed to build homes.
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoRichest nation on earth, but only in stonks and bullets.
Aside from racism, it is usually the belief that the new immigrants will either be economic competition for those with jobs or a drain on welfare.
That combined with a lack of available housing are the answers I see most often.
Gee, if only we could find the labor to build some extra housing. Must be that the immigrants taking our jobs just don’t want to work these days.
You also need money, materials, and space to build housing though and I doubt all immigrants are carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and all the other professionals needed to build homes.
Richest nation on earth, but only in stonks and bullets.