Finally, the evidence that robust immigration–even of low-skilled immigrant–costs the nation untenable supports has been largely debunked by the opportunity for robust economic growth.

On a personal level, I hope that America continues to embrace the ideals upon which the American Dream is centered and that we continue to offer a beacon of freedom and opportunity for people around the world. As a third generation American, I know my future and my children’s tax dollars will be generously rewarded by a robust U.S. immigration system. If we seek to shut our doors and turn away aspiring Americans, we only speed the decline of the prosperity we have enjoyed for the last century

If we need to create jobs, lets do it with pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, or even improved downtown-to-downtown bus service. Every $1 million spent creates more jobs in bike and pedestrian infrastructure than it would on a highway project, and we would never approach $6Billion.

-CF

Very eloquently written article.I can’t imagine an 8 hour train trip from Albany to Buffalo. Is it any wonder people are nearly physically attached to their motor vehicles? We have, literally, a third world mass transportation system, almost no help for veterans, dying cities in dire fiscal straits with a few pockets of affluence away from the slums, and a starved, inefficient human services delivery network, but the politicians get rich from their parasitic skimming of taxpayers’ funds and politically favored businesses get corporate welfare. We have well-intentioned progressive Democrats as chief executives in the State and the nation and their inability to address any of these problems just makes people angrier. 2 political parties dedicated to enriching themselves at the public’s expense and perpetuating inefficiency, waste and corruption. Unless the system can be changed, I don’t see much hope.