Well I hope it goes better than the Wall the Mexicans were supposed to pay for.
That U.S. taxpayers wound up paying for, only for it to barely be anything more than what was already there. Basically, he forced citizens to eat billions of dollars and get nothing in return. Sounds just like what Democrats do.
I think the cost offset. Border crossings were at an all time low and we had less illegals clogging up schools, emergency rooms and less demand for housing which has driven up the price of rents in the last 3 years without those policies.
I'd advise him to stay far away from any 3/12 roofs.
They don't. They cry and moan about Trump and the right is going to kill democracy and then they don't even follow its values.
He doesn't have enough mental faculties to be proud.
Yeah, I don’t believe any of that, as there is no statistical or economic evidence to support it. I’m 100% in support of border security, but to suggest that it drove up rent, housing prices, and was “clogging up schools” is damn near laughable.
I think it's a bit naive to think there is no impact on the economy. Now the extent of that impact is certainly up for debate. But you can't see historically record setting numbers of illegal immigrants crossing the border and just say, nah, no impact on the economy. That is just as laughable as saying it's the only thing impacting housing and prices. There are a lot of factors but I wouldn't dismiss it as a factor either.
Given that there are 330 million people in the U.S. and approximately 11 million are here illegally (adults and children in total, IF those numbers are accurate, which I question, because they could well be higher as I’ve seen reports as high as 40 million), the impact on an economy would be relatively small. I’d find it very hard to believe that all of them will be buying homes or living in areas which would significantly influence rents, given that most of them live in impoverished or low income areas.
I thought you lived in CA?
You don't think 40 million illegals (If we buy that number) would have a massive impact on an economy of 330 million? I disagree, and yes they are being housed somewhere. Low income or not they are taking up homes. Which displaces other low income people. Supply and demand is a real thing and when your supply is constant but the spike in demand goes up 12%, that's going to have really dramatic consequences.
A 3 bedroom 1 bathroom house in a small farming community in California where my brother lives just rented for $2200.
I split my time about 50/50 between CA and TX. And, properties are not skyrocketing because of immigration. That’s hilarious and totally untrue. I’m not sure what part of CA you were in, but that’s not why properties are increasing almost anywhere in southern CA. And seeing that my wife is a school teacher and has worked both in southern CA and TX, I can tell you that unless you’re in a ghetto or in the Fresno/Stockton/central CA area, it’s not nearly as bad as you describe.