Re 1, that's an excellent argument for non-citizens to be ineligible for welfare payments and other subsidies. If they want to come despite that and earn an honest living by contributing to the economy, I welcome them.
Re 2 I think you have more of a point. How about this - we let them in, but they can't vote for a minimum of 7 years, to give them a chance to acclimate to US culture and norms?
Re 1, that's an excellent argument for non-citizens to be ineligible for welfare payments and other subsidies. If they want to come despite that and earn an honest living by contributing to the economy, I welcome them.
Re 2 I think you have more of a point. How about this - we let them in, but they can't vote for a minimum of 7 years, to give them a chance to acclimate to US culture and norms?
Well, no one automatically gets to be a citizen. Even a mere 7 year delay doesn’t solve anything.
The so most generous welfare benefits are free K-12 education and emergency healthcare services. It would be very difficult to implement having immigrants not be eligible for these. Possible, perhaps, but difficult, and there is surely no political will for that now.
Absent ANY immigrants being allowed to get citizenship ever, if their children are automatically citizens, you have the same issue, albeit with a much longer delay and with less certainty.
As you seem to be, I am in favor of much greater legal immigration, but literally unlimited is problematic and has bad incentives.
Re 1, that's an excellent argument for non-citizens to be ineligible for welfare payments and other subsidies. If they want to come despite that and earn an honest living by contributing to the economy, I welcome them.
Re 2 I think you have more of a point. How about this - we let them in, but they can't vote for a minimum of 7 years, to give them a chance to acclimate to US culture and norms?
Well, no one automatically gets to be a citizen. Even a mere 7 year delay doesn’t solve anything.
The so most generous welfare benefits are free K-12 education and emergency healthcare services. It would be very difficult to implement having immigrants not be eligible for these. Possible, perhaps, but difficult, and there is surely no political will for that now.
Absent ANY immigrants being allowed to get citizenship ever, if their children are automatically citizens, you have the same issue, albeit with a much longer delay and with less certainty.
As you seem to be, I am in favor of much greater legal immigration, but literally unlimited is problematic and has bad incentives.