The Immigration issue

Being a first generation American I have an appreciation for the immigration issue and it's complexities. Although at the end of the day I feel that many of problems in immigration isn't immigration but the struggle over remaining resource in a economy that is getting weaker and weaker everyday from a growing government. So in a debate at RonPaulForums.com about immigration I had this to say:

Correlation is not causation, there are two main problems economically with
the current state of immigration.

1) The Welfare State - due to having a welfare state
citizens and non-citizens are becoming more and more a drain on taxpaying
citizens and non-citizens... you have to dismantle the welfare system. The
solution to this issue is a supply response, not a demand response. As long as
there is a supply of government services, there will be a demand for it whether
it's domestic or foreign. We must dismantle the supply of government services
which taxpayers must pay for. Volunteered from private sources are encouraged
and a not a drain on those who choose not to volunteer their limited resources.
Also as far as immigration goes, these types of programs attract probably the
wrong people. If you have no welfare system there is no incentive for anyone to
immigrate unless it's to be productive and to have the opportunity to be
productive.

2) Growing Public Sector, Shrinking Private Sector - Due
to unions and a growing state the amount of public sector jobs have increased
which have very rigid wages, they don't go down, and they always go up. This
growing sector has consumed the amount of private sector jobs who have more
elastic wages that can adjust to changes in the supply of labor and demand for
the goods produced. Shrink the public sector, the private sector will grow
enough and be vibrant enough to handle immigration. With the growth in labor
there is a growth in demand for goods to offset it in a healthy free market
economy.

In countries where open borders have had problematic effects have had large
governments and small private sectors. Prosperous countries like Switzerland
have multiple languages spoken. As far as assimilation, culture is constantly
changing on a daily basis, so to argue that there is some constant standard of
values, traditions that hasn't changed in perception or execution is an
idealistic delusion. The beauty of humanity is how it's culture changes one
generation to the next.

None of us talk with a 1920's accent or vocabulary or wear 60's attire
(without a sense of novelty). The world is constantly changing faster and
faster, you either diversify your outlook, knowledge and skills to adapt or get
lost in the changes. It's in this diversity of culture, ideas, and values where
innovation is conjured.