Tapsearch Com EditorImmigration and poverty
September 17th 2007 22:09
I don't agree with everything the site runs, but this article is why I read VDARE.com every day. Edwin Rubenstein looks at the War on Poverty -- which hasn't made the slightest bit of progress in decades -- and concludes that immigration is one major thing keeping it back.
Here's the crux of his argument:
But I think it's this analysis that really shocks:
The Census counts illegal immigrants in its poverty estimates! That might be, in part, why the 1996 welfare reform didn't drive down poverty as well as one might have hoped. In the mid-'90s, illegal immigration dramatically increased.
Here's the crux of his argument:
Immigrants, legal and illegal, accounted for 12.6 percent America's population, but 15.6 percent of the its poor in 2006. Of course, we should also include their native-born "anchor babies" to gauge their full impact. My estimate: immigrants and their children are 23.0 percent of the U.S. poverty population.
But I think it's this analysis that really shocks:
Illegals are a particularly acute problem. They are included among "non-citizens," who amount to 7.7 percent of the U.S. population and 11.8 percent of its poverty population. But this category also includes highly educated guest workers, students, and others who are not likely to be poor. Calculating poverty rates for the illegal alien population is tricky, not the least because (needless to say) the Census does not record the legal status of respondents to its annual poverty survey.
The Census counts illegal immigrants in its poverty estimates! That might be, in part, why the 1996 welfare reform didn't drive down poverty as well as one might have hoped. In the mid-'90s, illegal immigration dramatically increased.
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