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Originally Posted by MaDalton
not really what i meant - my question is for example why Irish immigration due to famine at home to the US 150 years ago was fine and immigration due to famine today is not
Humans have always moved around, looking for better places to raise their families, fleeing from war and hunger. No laws will stop that - only bullets. And to shoot people looking for a better chance at living, you have to be a very special kind of person
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150 years ago there were few if any social programs and labor was in high demand... so they came to the new country, filled a need, worked their asses off and there was no opportunity for any leeching off social programs... so it was clear that immigrant's contribution was positive...
now many countries having extensive social programs, as well as high unemployment/underemployment, so it's less obvious that that is still the case...
some believe that immigrants contribute very little, take jobs away from local residents, leech off all the social programs, etc...