The Truth About Illegal Immigration | Short Clips | PragerU

what are your thoughts on Ice honestly I don't know that much information about it but I know it's like I feel like it's kind of unfair why do you hate ice because I think that that's ridiculous that you're going to block out people that coming into the country that we were founded on immigrants so how are you going to take them out yeah take them out do you think there's a difference between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants for sure but I don't think that it's right to build a wall I totally get why people want to come here I'm sure I'd do the same if I were their shoes in America they can earn more money than where they're from in America there's the rule of law in America there's opportunity and in America there are generous government benefits housing subsidies free education for their kids free medical care that's the illegal immigrant side of the story and it makes perfect sense but what about our side of the story the American taxpayers side of the story do we get a say in this seems like we should it's estimated that Americans spend $200 billion a year to house feed school and care for illegal immigrants if you say that we're a rich country that these people are fleeing poverty and War and it's simply the compassionate thing to do for us to let them come here and stay here then I would ask where do you draw the line if you draw the line at all should we let anyone from anywhere into the country wouldn't that be the compassionate thing to do the people who come across our Southern border are overwhelmingly poor with very limited education this isn't a judgment it's a fact doesn't it seem likely that these illegal immigrants would work for almost any wage to make money wouldn't that drive down wages for low-skilled American citizens of every race and ethnicity with whom they would be competing for jobs what happens to those citizens including legal immigrants if they get priced out of the job market altogether is anybody thinking about them violent crime is increasing across the country at an alarming rate under these circumstances does it make sense to allow 2 million people a year into the country about whom we know nothing we don't know if they have a criminal record if they're carrying a disease or anything else about them we often hear the phrase we are a nation of immigrants but until relatively recently the only way immigrants could enter the country was legally maybe you remember the scene in the classic movie Godfather 2 when young veto corleon comes to America from Italy when he arrives he has to go through Ellis Island he has small pox so he's quarantined for 3 months that was over a 100 years years ago do we do anything like that now and what are we going to do with these millions of illegal immigrants once they have been here say 5 years or 10 years or longer forcibly Deport them we all know that's never going to happen make them citizens after they broke our laws to get into the country we know the drug cartels control the border on the Mexican side we know that you can't cross into America without paying them a sizable bribe we know that this bribe money adds up to Millions maybe billions of dollars doesn't this mean that we are are helping to make the cartels richer and more powerful what do you think the cartels do with this money give it to the Red Cross or use it to further corrupt Mexico's police and government officials not to mention buy weapons or anything else they want we also know that the cartels use migrants to smuggle in drugs like fenyl that are killing our young people that these same cartels engage in human trafficking especially of young women aren't we encouraging this criminal activity by allowing illegal immigration to proceed virtually unchecked if you add a new Philadelphia worth of illegal immigrants to our population every year is it reasonable to suggest that this will alter the character of the nation these are people after all who are raised in a different culture with different traditions and values than ours we will either change them or they will change us which do you think is more likely to happen