As we are approaching Spring the campaign trail for 2020 is in full swing. On the Democrat side, there are several candidates who are fighting for the nomination. We all know the priorities for the Dem’s. They want open-borders, impractical environmental programs, pretty much just full-blown Socialism. Those who are conservative, what are your major issues?







Today’s podcast will cover the #1 major issue that seems to be of the utmost importance to those on the Conservative side, Illegal Immigration. Other Issues for the future podcast are national debt and taxes.



Illegal Immigration







Ending illegal immigration to the United States is the top priority for conservative voters in terms of increasing the American quality of life, a new survey finds.



In the latest comprehensive survey conducted by Pew Research Center, about 65 percent of GOP voters said the highest priority of the Republican Party should be ending illegal immigration and reducing the illegal alien population currently living in the U.S.



Your Paycheck is Affected



Mass illegal and unchecked immigration to the country has stagnated U.S. wages for decades while redistributing the wealth of America’s working and middle class to higher income earners.



The Pew Research survey reveals Republican voters, by a majority, view illegal immigration as a burden to their quality of life that will impact future generations.



Nationwide, there are roughly 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the country. As Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data has revealed, once illegal aliens resettle in the U.S., the overwhelming majority are never deported.



In terms of wage stagnation, research by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has discovered that the country’s mass illegal and legal immigration policy shifts about $500 billion in wages away from working and middle-class Americans.



Every one percent increase in the immigrant composition of an American workers’ occupation reduces their weekly wages by about 0.5 percent. This means the average native-born American worker today has their weekly wages reduced by perhaps 8.5 percent because of current legal immigration levels.



In a state like Florida, where immigrants make up about 25.4 percent of the labor force, American workers have their weekly wages reduced by perhaps more than 12.5 percent. In California, where immigrants make up 34 percent of the labor force, American workers’ weekly wages are reduced by potentially 17 percent.



Likewise, every one percent increase in the immigrant composition of low-skilled U.S. occupations reduces wages by about 0.8 percent. Should 15 percent of low-skilled jobs be held by foreign-born workers, it would reduce the wages of native-born American workers by perhaps 12 percent.



Meanwhile, Trump’s “Hire American” economy has increased blue-collar and middle-class wages by four percent in the last 12 months according to Goldman Sachs. At this rate, Trump could deliver a historic 14 percent wage hike for more than 100 million blue-collar and middle-class Americans before the 2020 presidential election.



The Cost of Illegal Immigration







In 2017, FAIR’s “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers” report put the total cost of illegal immigration at $135 billion a year. The monthly payout for each illegal would be $937.50.