Title: Make legal immigration easier
Headings: Make legal immigration easier
Make legal immigration easier
John Stossel: Letting more foreigners in to work would benefit us all
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Content: Irish immigrants had such a bad reputation that in job advertisements businesses posted job notices: " No Irish need apply." Advertisement - story continues below
Fears about newcomers weren't totally unfounded. It took them time to assimilate and accumulate wealth. But they did. The Irish, Italians and other once-vilified groups are now leaders in America. People say that immigrants steal "our" jobs. And yes, they do take some. But they create new jobs, too – lots. When people move to another country and encounter a different culture, they see things in new ways.