United states has ever experienced the book over run. Now joe biden melisha, the greatest board of crisis in us history is out now to have benjamin joins me now from cleveland in the us border states, texas. Thank you so much start here. Uh, coming on. I mean, i have to start with the fact that, uh, what, what is the scale of the Immigration Crisis . Because normally, i mean, were talking about the fact that the chinese population filled 588002022 of is a shrinking population. The scare in the United States. But your book seems to talk about the fact you need fewer immigrants dont more. When surely the point is you need more immigrants, right . Well, it depends on what your perspective is. There are people who believe that, you know, laws, immigration laws ought to be followed. And the u. S. Is probably one of the only countries in the world where there are a sizable, you know, populations outside us citizens that believe otherwise, that maybe we should just ignore the i n a, the immig
We talk about the fact that the chinese population filled 588002022 is a shrinking population. The scare in the United States. But your book seems to talk about the fact you need fewer immigrants dont more. Which really the point is you need more immigrants, right . Well, it depends on what your perspective is. There are people who believe that, you know, laws, immigration laws ought to be followed. And the u. S. Is probably one of the only countries in the world where there are a sizable, you know, populations outside us citizens that believe otherwise, that maybe we should just ignore the i n a, the immigration and nationality act in all of the last that or when we go out globally, towards so, i mean, no one thinks america, i mean, you say in the book americans, youre going to be a nation of legal immigrants that your, a 9 year old Homeland Security intelligence career informs you of use. Would start with that abiding, believe that america occupies the moral high ground as a nation o
You know, laws, immigration laws ought to be followed. And the u. S. Is probably one of the only countries in the world where there are a sizable, you know, populations outside us citizens that believe otherwise, that maybe we should just ignore the i n a, the immigration and nationality act in all of the last that or when we go out globally, towards so, i mean, no one thinks america, i mean, you say in the book americans should only be a nation of legal immigrants. They go to a 9 year old Homeland Security intelligence career informs you of use would start with an abiding believe that america occupies the moral high ground as a nation of law. I mean, no one around the world thinks the United States is about law. So if we, i mean thats going serious is as well, i mean, i think there are a lot of people in the United States that believes that the i n a ought to be followed. The i n a is a set of laws that are very specific, says that dow shout, you must, its not may detain into poor any
Im action or times here. Welcome back to going under ground broke of single around the world from you by in the you a. Where do you think is the most dangerous border in the well, the rush or you grain north, south korea, north, according to a recent special report from the us and apparently the Us Mexico Border is the most dangerous border in the world to and benjamin a journalist author and Senior National security fellow at the us center for Immigration Studies has been reported on the ground for years along the Us Mexico Border in his new book. He provides a full account of what he argues is the west of Mass Immigration for the crisis. The United States has ever experienced the book over run out. Joe biden, melisha, the greatest board of crisis in u. S. History is out now to have benjamin joins me now from cleveland in the us border states, texas. Thank you so much. Started for coming on. I mean, im to start with the fact that the what, what is the scale of the Immigration Crisis .
At 1. 6 by 2030 for the us is estimated to have more people over 65, then people under 18, you desperately need young people. So these are legal immigrants. They have children, presumably they all work. I mean, i lived in a la for a while. There were plenty of people from across the border. Im sure some of them were illegal and you desperately need these people to come across the board of otherwise the United States is going to suffer, isnt it . Or you can all make like, oh yeah, i understand what youre saying. I mean, that is an argument, that is a policy argument for Legal Immigration. That argument is always be any Legal Immigration. Thats why they had all that stuff about the trying to get the papers for the parents of a, of children that had good jobs. I mean, 40 percent of the 500. 00 largest u. S. Companies were funded by immigrants or the children across somebody. These are the children of great grandparents who came over legally. Thats sort of the menu, right. We, can we civil