>>> ALL RIGHT TWOCHLT. TWO OF THE PRESIDENT’S FAVORITE
TOPICS, THE ECONOMY AND
IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS ECONOMIC TEAM
TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE
COUNTRY’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH TO 4%.
HE SAID 5% AND 6%, AS WELL.
SO NOW THIS IS SOMETHING IT’S
NOT DONE SINCE THE 2000s BUT
THERE’S A KEY INGREDIENT TO
HITTING AND SUSTAINING HIGH GDP
GROWTH AND THAT IS WORKERS.
LABOR FORCE.
LABOR FORCE. THE PRESIDENT’S TEAM CELEBRATED
WHEN THE JUNE JOBS REPORT CAME
OUT FINDING OUT THERE WERE MORE
OPEN JOBS, 6.7 MILLION OF THEM,
THAN PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO FILL
THEM.
THEM. 6.4 MILLION.
6.4 MILLION. BUT IT COULD BE VERY WELL AN
INDICATOR THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO EXPAND
IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED
STATES RATHER THAN LIMIT IT.
IN THE YEAR 2000, THE CDC TOUTED
THE NEWS OF THE U.S. MEETING THE
REPLACE.
REPLACE. RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
1971, THAT’S THE NUMBER OF
BIRTHS PER YEAR FOR A GENERATION
THAT IS NEEDED TO REPLICATE ITS
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. KEEP THE LABOR FORCE UP.
PEOPLE HAVE FEWER CHILDREN AND
MAINTAINING OR GROWING THE
POPULATION IS AN IMPERATIVE THAT
REQUIRES STEADY OR EVEN IN
AMERICA’S CASE INCREASED RATES
OF IMMIGRATION.
OF IMMIGRATION. SINCE HITTING THAT REPLACE.
RATE IN 2000, THE FERTILITY RATE
HAS BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS BIRTHS PER 1,000.
LOOK WHEREAT WE HAVE GONE HERE.
BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT AND
STARTED A STEADY DECLINE A
DECADE AGO.
DECADE AGO. WE ARE SIMPLY HAVING FEWER
BABIES.
BABIES. AS AMERICANS RETIRE, THE NUMBER
OF WORKERS PER SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFICIARY ON THE DOWNTURN
MEANING WE NEED MORE IMMIGRANTS
TO SUSTAIN THE ECONOMY AND
CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR RETIREMENT IF
YOU’D LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN BUT A
NEW RULE PROPOSED BY THIS
ADMINISTRATION COULD PUT A CHILL
ON IMMIGRATION.
ON IMMIGRATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY PROPOSED CREATING NEW
CRITERIA THAT WOULD DISQUALITY
IMMIGRANTS IF THEY WERE LIKE LIL
TO USE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED
MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING AND FOOD
BENEFIT PROGRAMS SEVEN FOR A
SHORT TIME AS PART OF AN
ANTI-IMMIGRATION CALCULUS AND
THE BELIEF THAT IMMIGRANTS COME
IN AND SUCK UP OUR SOCIAL
SERVICES PAID FOR BY REAL
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. BUT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS PAY IN TO THESE
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS BY THE
LIBERTARIAN COTO INSTITUTE FOUND
THAT WHILE THEY USE FOOD STAMPS
IF YOU WILL, AND MEDICAID AT
SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES THAN
NATIVE BORN AMERICANS, THE USE
OF OTHER PROGRAMS ON LEVEL, WITH
OR FAR BELOW, NATIVE BORN USE
AND ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT
IMMIGRANTS WITH A NEAR LYNETTE
ZERO IMPACT ON BUDGETS AND
ACTUALLY A NET POSITIVE BENEFIT
ON REVENUE TO ALL GOVERNMENTS
ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE
NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES,
ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE.
THE IDEA OF TOO MANY IMMIGRANTS
IN AMERICA OR IMMIGRATION IS A
DANGER TO AMERICA IS PATENTLY
FALSE, STEPHANIE.
FALSE, STEPHANIE. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. HERE’S THE ISSUE.
WHAT YOU DID AND TOOK TWO
MINUTES TO DO IT IS EXPLAIN IN A
DETAILED AND FACT-BASED WAY THE
IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS IN THIS
COUNTRY, PAIR THAT AGAINST
SOMEONE WITH A PODIUM OR AN
ITCHY TWITTER FINGER SAYING THE
IMMIGRANTS FILL YOUR SCHOOLS AND
THEN TEACH SPANISH SO WE CAN’T
TEACH GYM AND THOSE SAME PEOPLE
SAYING THE SO WE CAN’T TEACH
GIM
GIM GYM AND THOSE IMMIGRANTS WILL
FILL YOUR HOSPITALS.
THAT’S A MUCH EASIER MESSAGE FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO PUT OUT THERE
AND PEOPLE BELIEVE IT.
WHAT YOU DELIVERED WAS ACTUAL
FACTS.
FACTS. I WOULD HOPE AND PRAY THAT
PEOPLE WILL LISTEN.
JOIN
JOIN YOU POINTED OUT SOME STATISTICS
TO OUR TEAM.
IN 2014, THERE WERE 2.9 MILLION
IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS, THAT
MEANS JOB CREATORS.
THAT SAME YEAR FOREIGN BORN
ENTREPRENEURS MADE MORE THAN $65
BILLION.
BILLION. IN 2007 THERE WERE 5.9 MILLION
PEOPLE EMPLOYED AT IMMIGRANT
FIRMS.
FIRMS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT AMERICANS
BEING NICE AND LET THE
IMMIGRANTS IN.
IMMIGRANTS IN. >> IT MIGHT BE NICE, BUT THAT’S
NOT THE POINT.
>> WHY ARE THESE COLD HARD FACTS
THAT HELP OUR ECONOMY AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHY ARE THESE
LOST IN TRANSLATION TO THE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. THEY’RE FILLING YOUR SCHOOLS.
>> IT’S A LOT EASIER TO PIVOT
WHEN YOU WANT POLITICAL
EXPEDIENCY.
EXPEDIENCY. NO ONE CAN DENY THE COUNTRY IS
CHAPGING ING
CHAPGING ING CHANGING RAPIDLY.
CHANGING RAPIDLY. AFTER 2010, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
WENT DOWN.
WENT DOWN. IT WAS WHEN IMMIGRATION STARTED
GETTING NEUTRALIZED.
GETTING NEUTRALIZED. 50% OF BIRTHS WERE OF IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT YES IMMIGRANTS TAKE A
MORE OF BENEFITS FROM MEDICAID
AND HOUSING, IT’S FOR AMERICAN
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS TALK
ABOUT IS AMERICANS REAPING MANY
THOSE BENEFITS.
THOSE BENEFITS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE 11
MILLION UNDOCUMENTED NOW THAT
ARE CONTRIBUTING.
ARE CONTRIBUTING. HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE
IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. THAT’S A GROWN UP CONVERSATION
TO HAVE.
TO HAVE. HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT
OF THESE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
PAY $11 BILLION TO OUR ECONOMY
BACK IN TACKS EVERYXES EVERY SIN
THEY PAY MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THIS SHOULD BE A BIPARTISAN
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. THERE ARE LOTS OF REPUBLICANS
WITH VERY, VERY SENSIBLE VIEWS
OF IMMIGRATION.
OF IMMIGRATION. LOTS OF STATES RUN BY
REPUBLICANS WHERE THEY REALIZE
WE NEED GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS
AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
OUR CONVERSATION HAS FOCUSED ON
IT’S A BOOGEY MAN.
WE HAVE AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
AND IT’S NO TT THE ONE DONALD
TRUMP KEEPS TALKING ABOUT.
>> THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THIS
MESSAGE THAT WAS PUSHED BY RUSH
LIMBAUGH AND FOX NEWS.
IT’S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
I’M HOPEFUL THAT NOT IN THE TIME
BETWEEN THIS MIDTERM AND 2020
BUT THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL HAVE
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THIS
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> TO MARIA’S POINTS, THESE
IMMIGRANTS USING ASSISTANCE,
THEY ARE USING IT FOR THEIR
AMERICAN CHILDREN.
AMERICAN CHILDREN. IS THAT THE ISSUE THAT SORT OF
THAT FAR RIGHT AUDIENCE IS
BIGHTING ONTO THAT THOSE
CHILDREN DON’T DESERVE TO BE
AMERICANS AND THAT’S WHERE WE
GOT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
ARGUMENT THAT LAST WEEK SEEMED
ABSURD TO US, BUT IS IT NOT
ABSURD TO LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
THERE. >> HE’S JUMPED THE SHARK THE
LAST TWO WEEKS.
IF YOU LOOK IN AREAS WHERE
THERE’S A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS OR
EVEN PEOPLE HERE ILLEGALLY,
THOSE VOTERS IN THOSE AREAS ARE
MOVING BACK TO THE DEMOCRATS OR
REJECTING THAT MESSAGE.
IN LILY WHITE STATES THEY ARE
HOLDING FIRM WITH THE PRESIDENT.
HE JUMPED THE SHARK.
WE’RE SEEING A REFRENTRENCHMENT
TO THE VOTER LEVEL.
>> YOU TWEETED A LOT ABOUT THIS.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO THIS,
IMMIGRANTS ARE SOMETHING
AMERICANS NEED.
AMERICANS NEED. >> COULD I ADD KWUNONE FACT.
IT WAS STUDIED OVER 20 YEARS AND
FOUND FOR EVERY ONE JOB THAT
IMMIGRANTS TAKE, THEY ADD 1.2
JOBS TO THE ECONOMY.
THEIR NET JOB CREATOR.
A LOT OF THEM ARE SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS.
OWNERS. THE BIGGEST BENEFICIARY IS
NATIVE BORN AMERICANS IN IS NOT
BACKED BY THE EVIDENCE.
THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION LEADS TO AN INCREASE
IN VIOLENT CRIMES.
THERE’S EVIDENCE THAT FIRST
GENERATION IMMIGRANTS COMMIT
CRIMES AT LOWER RATES.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
ECONOMY WHEN THEY CREATE 1.5
JOBS, IT FREES WOMEN TO GO BACK
TO WORK.
TO WORK. IT ALLOWS ALL OF WOMAN THAT MAY
HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
PARENTS AND CHILDREN, IT DOUBLES
IT.
IT. IMMIGRANTS COMPLEMENT THE WORK
WE NEED TO DO.
>> WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE
TIME.
TIME. REMEMBER, WE DO NOT HAVE
AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WE NEED IT.
THAT’S WHAT’S KEEPING A LOT OF
WOMEN OUT OF WORK FORCE.
>> WE NEED AN ADULT CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. I HOPE WE GET IT AS A RESULT OF
YOUR VOTES.