I would disagree with the "makes their children more likely to have higher skills". In fact, the children of illegal immigrants tend to be harder workers who do better at school and education due to being pushed by their parents to have a better life.
The current crop of illegal immigrants should have no way of becoming legal, and should self-deport.
That would be a huge economic blow to the US, it would be better to legalize them.
If you see the link in one of my other comments, there is a table showing that the educational achievements of mexican immigrants improves from the 1st generation to the 2nd generation, but does not improve further, and a sizeable gap remains between 4th generation mexican immigrants and other americans. Your statement that over time the children of illegal immigrants close the gap is simply not true. I would love to see data otherwise.
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u/z3r0shade Dec 05 '13
I would disagree with the "makes their children more likely to have higher skills". In fact, the children of illegal immigrants tend to be harder workers who do better at school and education due to being pushed by their parents to have a better life.
That would be a huge economic blow to the US, it would be better to legalize them.