It’s Not Immigrants Who Are Lazy

Productivity and the number of jobless people actively looking for work are falling—except among immigrants.
Productivity and the number of jobless people actively looking for work are falling—except among immigrants.
My grandma votes Republican because she believes in three things: money, strength, and the rule of law. Whether the Republican Party stands for any of those things is beside the point because, to her, and to a lot of other people still, the Republicans represent those values more than the Democrats.
For the GOP, everything revolves around getting revenge and owning the libs, which is why, for many Republicans, exploiting human beings and using them as political pawns is no big deal.
People who hate Mexicans don’t know much about them or the country they come from.
We have come to both expect and accept the right of conservatives to shriek threats over tiny offenses. But this coddling comes at a high price.
Even as young white men mow down Blacks and Latinos, Republicans continue to deny that they are inflaming racism or prodding lunatics to take matters into their own hands. They claim it is conservative white people who are under attack.
The United States continues to lag behind the rest of the developed world in happiness and socioeconomic markers, but a steady stream of immigrants may be its salvation.
Hector chats with Carlos Eduardo Espina, an immigrant rights advocate and community organizer with over 2.4 million followers on TikTok, where he answers questions and gives advice concerning the U.S. immigration system.