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I'm all about discerning immigration, not on the lines of some cultural definition, but really around that
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simple framing of are you going to get social support services or are you going to work? Going back to my makers versus
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takers point, if the primary motivation for an individual to come to this country is to be given benefits, to be
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given payments, to be given social services, to be given support, I think that that person should be denied
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immigration. If the primary motivation for the individual to come to the United States is to work to progress
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themselves, to become a maker, to create things, to work in such a way that they
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can generate income, save capital, buy things, advance their family's position because they are denied those rights due
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to the tyranny of the place that they're coming from, then they should be granted
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immigration status to come to this country and contribute. Because at the end of the day, what people may not like
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to hear, which is the truth, is that every single one of those people is actually net positive in growing our
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economy. And everyone thinks it's a zero- sum game with respect to jobs in the United States. And we shouldn't let
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people into this country that create jobs. But the fundamental truth is that anyone that is productive, meaning they
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create more value than they take in, grows the economy and more jobs get created. And overall, we all benefit
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from having those individuals here in this country. And by the way, if you are going to work, you are going to
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culturally assimilate because that is what the United States is based on, which is productivity. Work hard, create
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things, and have individual agency. Have the ability to progress yourself in this
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world, in this society. And if you take advantage of that opportunity, you're going to love the American ideals that
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this country was founded upon.