generally into the culture and language. to communities, where are we going to be? you cease to be a country. you become nothing. the main problem is large unchecked low skilled immigration flow. that is imposing costs on the country in terms of welfare, schooling, prison construction. policing. and is bringing a they don t have social capital. i have documented is the creation of second under class, a lot of kids of these illegal immigrants from largely peasant culture, instead because we re not having an narrative about asim lake assimilation, te sucked to gang culture, highest out of wedlock teen birth rate
better day. i am a christian, first and foremost. i m an american second, and of latino descent. with that being said, i want you to hear me carefully. i want people coming here legally. let me reiterate. sure. i want people coming here legally, not illegally, and that doesn t make me a racist, it makes me an american. i believe we have the right to protect the sovereignty of our nation. at the same time, jake, at the same time, the majority of people in the caravan, these are not bad people. there are people, by the way, according to the mexican ambassador recently on npr, there are people who are violent in the caravan. yeah. there are. but i would argue the vast majority are good, god-fearing people, looking for a better day. yeah, so, i mean, look, obviously, countries have every right to have secure borders and control of the immigration flow and know who s in their country and want everybody to be in their country legally. i don t think anybody disagrees with that. my q
in new mexico? well, i know as a border state government, that immigration from mexico, throughout the border in new mexico, arizona and texas has declined. most of the flow is coming from immigration, individuals from central america that are fleeing political persecution and they re coming through other means. they re coming under ground. they re coming through illegal people bringing them in. so you know the facts don t support what he s saying, he s reacting to a television show that maybe is talking about. that it has not done much in terms of the border flow. it doesn t mean that s increased at a time when immigration has dramatically gone down, his rhetoric probably caused that immigration flow to come down all over the border. so he s negotiating with
wages are not rising. commensurate with how they are rising in other sectors, that was my point. as you ve been saying it s a question of cultural change. i would like to respond to austin s point. you can t look at wages as an aggregate. there is a minimal increase in well-being for americans, most of the benefits go to the immigrants themselves. when you look at the lowest wage americans, the people who have the high school education at the most, their wages are driven down by mass, low skilled immigration, and that s why it s so important not just to end the flow of illegal immigration but to change immigration flow overall. laura: production from both of you, is there going to be an immigration deal at the end of the week? yes or no. i don t think so. i agree with austin.
commensurate with how they are rising in other sectors, that was my point. as you ve been saying it s a question of cultural change. i would like to respond to austin s point. you can t look at wages as an aggregate. there is a minimal increase in well-being for americans, most of the benefits go to the immigrants themselves. when you look at the lowest wage americans, the people who have the high school education at the most, their wages are driven down by mass, low skilled immigration, and that s why it s so important not just to end the flow of illegal immigration but to change immigration flow overall. laura: production from both of you, is there going to be an immigration deal at the end of the week? yes or no. i don t think so. i agree with austin.