The Truth About American Towns That Welcome Refugees

Immigration has proven to be one of the most divisive issues in the 2016 presidential race. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have expressed that the system is broken, but a consensus on any solution seems untenable. In this video, Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows and contributing writer Deborah Fallows ventured across the country to bridge the disconnect between national political rhetoric on immigration and the realities in migrant communities. They travelled to three American states-Pennsylvania, California, and Kansas-to understand the economic benefits that immigrants bring to the small towns they most often reside in.
This documentary was produced for American Futures, an ongoing reporting project from James and Deborah Fallows. The couple has spent three years exploring small town America by air, “taking seriously places that don’t usually get registered seriously.”
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[@johnnegrepont5173]

Towns didn't decide to let them in, multinational corporations wanting cheap labor did.

[@pierren___]

Occult ideologies too

[@Daka12s]

That's presumptuous. Not all refugees come with low or no skills.

[@geeeesz]

Schools literally filled with refugees are keeping the teachers' jobs. Who are you?

[@ursula.m8265]

I live in NJ and I didn't know that Pennsylvania was taking migrants! Very close to us! Everything seems to be quietly done!

[@LIZBETH_PEREZ]

EastCoast Podcast stop lying. I live in Paterson were South Paterson is full of Palestanians, and Arabs and it has grown in population all from their country. The South Paterson business has grown incredibly where the city of Paterson seing an increase in economy due to them. I have 4 friends from there and they have more values and principals than most of us in the USA.

[@Andrea-qx9vg]

NJ has one of the highest foreign born immigrants living there. Interesting how you didn’t know.

[@kingkillerstripe1211]

@@Andrea-qx9vg why would people anything they are up their own heads

[@kingkillerstripe1211]

@@lorettasanchez1184 says the girl who is Hispanic unless anyone attacks Hispanics like you somehow you won't give a s**t

[@dawnhoffman1056]

I live in Ontario Canada and our Prime Minister did exactly the same thing...he did say he was letting in 5000 refugees in our city but three days later just before Easter another 3000 were snuck in...we have no housing for them and what housing we do have isn't good enough they say so they are put into the most expensive hotels we have which has upset alot of people here...they are not true refugees they are migrants who were already in other countries...many refuse to work saying they are here for free money...we have had other young girls sexually attacked but the media pretends it doesn't happen ...noone gets charged people are told to understand they are used to that...so no one is intigrating the migrants...many have flooded over the border in Quebec and also Manitoba as well as Vancouver once Trump said no more welfare to them there....I do not agree that our country can support these people and they want sharia law here which is going to start a civil war.... Trudeau had better go ! Let's have eight thousand of them in his hometown in one week and see how he feels then when his wife and daughter are assaulted.

[@Adann87]

I'll forever be grateful to Dodge City Kansas and it's wonderful people. As a refugee from Somalia that's where I found my first job and leant to drive in 2009 at the height of the recession. Now I live Chicago but Dodge City will forever be in my heart.

[@sharynnkulina6215]

Quick question....??!! Are you legal..?!!

[@williamcruz3721]

Pls WE DONT WANT U IN AMERICA

[@bowhunter8532]

People like you are the type of people I want in this country.

[@angelzophiel]

what happen to christian living in middle east that being killed .. why dont we hear from them ... where is our christian refugees from middle east...syria, lebanon, etc. where are they , where's the news about them.. we all have muslim refugees, where are the christian refugees???

[@haoyuinput]

yes invite more christan refugess, save western culture...Dem just want safe votes for them.

[@hirsizvar9835]

@viralshield maybe they want to stay why you force them to come lol

[@unhooked25]

All the Christian refugees have been persecuted

[@sophiabrown9423]

They got a house wow most Americans can't even afford housing they continue to get welfare after a year. What about our homeless and vets? This is totally insane and unfair.

[@1ennx]

Fucked up

[@fotsofranklin87]

they worked hard for it

[@Countryboy2206]

everyones against the wall but if i walked on their property they'd kick me off. so somehow its different.

[@bighairyfeet]

I'm totally for the wall

[@89five3five]

Is your property a country? No? Then your analogy is silly.

[@gamermapper]

I think we need a wall around florida. You're against it? You wanna have florida man in your house?

[@cringegaming9207]

@@89five3five the country is property of all of us. I pay money for its security.

[@ut_punkn1859]

@@89five3five his property is in the country lol you silly fuck

[@billbill5710]

its interesting how you didnt spotlight Minneapolis or Dearborn. why not?

[@albertslick1237]

FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@williamcruz3721]

Deport all the muslins in those cities

[@JonnyCool1.5]

I have no problem with hard working genuine people coming to the U.S. but working age men coming here to get welfare that needs to stop.

[@christianlamantia9661]

The guy talking about how his kids will get an education...the Atlantic failed to mention Erie is closing all of its high schools, closing elementary school libraries, downsizing staff, cutting music and art funding , stopping all technology spending...

[@kansasthunderman1]

Same thing's happening in California. The public schools are so overrun with immigrants that they can't do a decent job of teaching the basics. People with the $$$ are sending their children to private schools that don't have the hassle of dealing with newcomers.

[@FreyaEinde]

Which actually doesn’t make sense because if refugees are paying both property tax and sales tax the amount of funding should’ve seen a boost, so what’s going on with the management of the school district that’s fucking the whole thing up. There sounds like there needs to be change in the model of how they fund things. There needs to be more accountability on that end.

[@jasonspringer2983]

@@FreyaEinde paying property tax? They are living free, getting business loans that only non Americans qualify for and taking advantage of the welfare system. You really believe that lie that refugees I benefit to their host country don't you? Wow you will literally believe like anything CNN tells you won't you? Illegal immigrants cost the taxpayers about $200 billion a year. They are not a benefit. This is leftist propaganda horseshit

[@dennisgoff4723]

Christian Lamantia - took him only 3 mins into video, “0NLY a few minutes to the Hospital” (FREE, of course) - Veterans PAY for emergencies at community hospitals! Seem logical 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏾‍♂️ 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jasonspringer2983]

@Nemanja ĆIrić no that's a lie that Democrats like to push. Less than 2% of illegal immigrants work in farming and there are seasonal work visas specifically for that. Know where they do work though? Construction, food industry, house cleaning and a bunch of other jobs that Americans would love to have. On top of that a lot of them don't work at all. 75% of Central and South American immigrants are on welfare assistance and 100% of illegal immigrants that cross the border are homeless and unemployed and guess who picks up the tab. 200 billion dollars spent every single year on illegal immigrants. I think we'll be all right without them. I'm sorry but saying employers will be forced to pay a legal minimum wage doesn't exactly tug at my Heartstrings. It was a valiant effort though.

[@tinmannewheart7745]

Left wing pablum. Please be honest for a change and document the negative aspects of crime, drugs, taxpayer fraud, and the welfare state burden. Balance is needed.

[@merlinthebikewizard4392]

Proof?

[@wackydawgcoptyltd8282]

ever wonder why refugees only want to go to Western nations? why not China, or India or South America?

[@zxcvb7754]

Shteinshtein Jewbacca Shekelburg omg you should totally visit india.

[@fartcat8569]

The Dude25 Well China recently passed a law to limit the amount of Africans migrating to Hong Kong or some shit they cited drugs and violence and maybe some economic shit as well I think.

[@HawlyAly]

Please educate yourself. Refugees do not choose what country to go to. They are placed in a certain country after years in the camps, and their fate is decided by the countries themselves. Our government sets priority for certain people groups, and (after a long process of security screenings and interview) the state decides which families will be placed in what city. It comes down to Resettlement agencies capacity to help certain cultural groups (for instance, a city with kinyarwanda speaking resources will get more Congolese refugees), and other factors such as the family's health needs, etc.

[@1wolfcubb]

HawlyAly Those agencies need shut down.

[@arunal4343]

India is taking refugees.

[@supriyoranjan6640]

USA is great country I loved always me from India

[@williamcruz3721]

Great just DONT COME TO AMERICA

[@sathiskumarmsk]

@@williamcruz3721 Can I know where your ancestors came from?

[@corporateraider9766]

@@williamcruz3721 shut the fuck up. We need Indians inside the country. Do you have any idea how much Indians have helped the economy? One of those motherfuckers helped TESLA get it's shit together and helped it become the hundred billion dollar company it is today pumping 10s of billions into the American economy via taxes and built a load of influence. Sundar Pichai was also an immigrant. He's helped Google become worth 2 trillion dollars also adding tens of billions into our economy. We need immigrants. Skilled ones like Trump says (Trump supporter here). So don't shit on Indians. Shit on the cunts like Ilhan Omar who shits on American values and our flag

[@mikeylejan8849]

@@williamcruz3721 fuck you racist shitbag

[@roymaddocks3184]

@@williamcruz3721 we are all settlers, friend

[@deadreck024]

This video is dishonest.

[@joetaylor8687]

Understatement of the decade.

[@Nobody-wo5mb]

If we are going to give hand outs to people, can't we focus on our own people? There are so many poor, homeless, and jobless people already here in America. Let's give them a hand before outsourcing every other countries poor people to help live here.

[@fawnabullis886]

YES I AGREE! HELP OUR AMERICANS FIRST OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE!

[@monopalle5768]

I have seen FIRST HAND American children who did NOT get this kind of help.... And now they show pictures of foreigners with smart-phones, remote controlled tv's and furniture... IN HOUSES no less..... WITH LITTLE KIDS!!!!! Like its something to be PROUD OF? SHAME on those americans, who would let their own people live in extreme poverty for DECADES, and then make a big issue out of these people, because they are muslims... Its SICKENING, when you've seen suffering americans....

[@davec5153]

Those orthodox christion churches will convert nicely in to mosques in 20 years.

[@spongejacobw123]

4:51 can you get the camera any closer to his face while he drives, seriously unless the camera 1 inch away from his window i see no reason to have the camera that close...

[@jonh9561]

It’s about time that the UN were brought under the spotlight, especially how they are funded, the background of the hierarchy their objectives and how they meet those objectives. The worldwide issues associated with multiculturalism and refugees seems to stem from the UNs failure to do the job for which it was originally formed .... i.e. to help maintain peace and order where needed so that major conflicts are avoided. Why the UN is failing, is unclear but all those that are involved in the unsustainable refugee industry seem to be doing very well out of it, largely at the expense of the UN signatory countries and the long-term misery of the refugees who cannot out run the conflicts and those that can, end up becoming increasingly alienated in the places of refuge. Time to put a stop to the moral blackmail and to call the UN to account.

[@graciousishe3999]

Nice try but I believe you left out the opinions of the tax payers who don't have any choice but to pay for these people using up the resources meant for our elderly, disabled, poor and Veterans.

[@GOLDSLF]

There’s money being into all kind of stuff . WMDs and get sold oversees

[@SeeHang]

Well you also dont hear about why some of the refugees exist and why they are here. Take the Hmong people, i am one of them. Our people aided the CIA during the Laos Kingdom’s Civil War against communists from both the Vietnamese and the Laos Governement that soon followed suit in being communist. I dont really care for the what political parties people line themselves up to be with, but what you think you know is often less than what’s really even provided to you. Our people have long been oppressed by larger governments like China and the USA with layers upon layers of propaganda as well as Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. After the WW2 which also spread into Indochina, most of the world did not hear about how truly horrible it was for the people in south East Asia during US operations and after US operations. The Hmong people were the first of the massive waves of refugees that came to the USA, not because we wanted to-but because what little of our population we had as minorities in Laos barely recognized as citizens, we faced genocide and many that are here today in America or other 1st world countries had to cross the high tides of the Mekong River with children on their backs and to avoid soldiers parents would give opium to their babies so they wouldn’t cry and be revealed when swimming across the river, not all of these babies made it. Bear in mind, we Hmong fought a war we never asked to, but because we had to all thanks to the CIA forcing it upon us with someone who is seen as a leader, but also a drug lord because we had nothing leaving China. We aren’t Chinese but we are from China. When you talk about people using resources, its the government making these big choices, not the victims who had none other than where they can survive in the next place. Our people have had centuries of being 2nd class citizens being banned to practice our own language and culture. I’m not speaking for or against policies, but its not a clean picture like you’d like it to be if you actually did your research like speaking to people who had to deal with the aftermath of these military operations destroying economies of other countries and inflicting genocide after they’ve decided to disband operations and US involvement. I’m glad many of you think about money, but it’s sad many of you dont think about the lives

[@cliffordmatson9566]

Companies that hire for cheap and charge the max for their products. They start business on the public dime and any one that say it not about money is either stupid or a lying. Let's be honest it they weren't there those states would loose seats in the house and the companies there would have to pay a living wage.

[@sharynnkulina6215]

And wondering why we have contaminated meats. ?? Recall of meats.??!

[@cesarmartinez505]

Some vocab to know. Even though you think they can be used interchangeably . . . you can't Asylum seeker- is a person looking for protection because they fear persecution, or they have experienced violence or human rights violations. Migrant = temporary movement within the borders of the same country, or cross international borders. Immigrant = permanent residency, when a person crosses an international border and becomes a permanent resident in another country. Economic migrant- choose to move in order to improve the future prospects of themselves and their families Illegal immigrant- migration of people into a country through means that violates the immigration laws of that country.

[@karenrose7537]

Take a look at Sweden. Worked out real well for them, eh?

[@g-type8806]

im from sweden, we are dying like never before, shotings everywere and the phrase "rape capital of the world" everybody knows now and its true, polise giving pizza n shit for free to heavy criminals., and still our news like SVT and TV4 here show hate aganist russa every day, every every day, it never stop, and the huge problems in sweden... not a word. im so ashamed living here :-(

[@unhooked25]

@@g-type8806 You have my sympathy.

[@moonbuilder]

Well done Ernesto!

[@odtandthebackupplan]

i am a veteran and I can't get shit for help. They get whatever they need. Really sucks. i may snap one of these days.

[@giftedandblack494]

lost my job for a while and been paying taxes all my life but I was given no help at all. You have to be Mexican or Muslim I guess. Been paying taxes since a kid and they find a loop hole to not help me for just a few months until I found a job in two months. So unfair. So unfair.

[@dennisgoff4723]

Or in, U ‘snap’... Hope u take a shitload of ‘em out wit ya1.... Just Sayin

[@mikeylejan8849]

We need more refugees that are actually minorities and those that are compatible culturally, those that are willing to adapt and integrate or assimilate should be given higher priority

[@martinflores9322]

Those from civilized countries don’t really want to come to the US. Why should they ? Their countries actually put their needs over military spending unlike ours.

[@MegaDirtyBob]

This video is misleading and a bunch of bull crap!!!!!!!

[@merlinthebikewizard4392]

Proof?

[@Ozgrade3]

They didn't look at Hamtramink in Michigan.

[@NitishKumar-iz9mo]

you guys make great videos.. keep doing this.

[@jojosaylor8996]

I used to live in Erie Pa it was cold as ice from October to April the whole lake is frozen solid so trucks can drive on the ice. Good luck with that shit

[@alecfleming373]

Hey so I wanted to point out, the close number of likes and dislikes means amazing journalism. Means you covered both angles very well. Keep up this level of work, it's what the world deserves.

[@stanleyking597]

teaching them how to flip blackjack cards is not teaching them how to work !

[@sonsaraeronnow4404]

They don't need to be taught how to work. And being a dealer is not a job that needs to be looked down on. It's a good job, so take your small biggotted mind elsewhere!

[@MrCanal2012]

repost?

[@ricktorz6358]

Erie Pa muslims seem different, i live in Erie and Erie has a very conservative minority population of muslim here. Have talked to a few of them and they admit there are violent verses in the koran but they refuse embrace those verses and teachings of violence. They have assimilated themselves into Erie's society and work in careers that are forbidden for them to work in like the gambling industry the horse racing industry, medical industry and other places that they have to treat non muslims and fellow muslims alike with respect. I have observed one particular mosque here where the front entrance is used by men , women and children, where traditionally i have seen videos where there is a separate entrance for men and another for women and children. But at this one mosque all muslim parishioners use the one front entrance together and from the conversations i have had with muslims, the men women and children all worship in the same room, not separate rooms as traditionally i have seen elsewhere. Now when i go to other place in the Erie county area, they have the darkest cruelest looks they give you and it burns right through as if you know what they are thinking. The difference between Erie conservative muslims and the more liberal hardcore muslims from other areas around Erie county are like night and day, so different. Explains why in muslims countries there different factions of muslims the more peaceful ones that embrace freedom and the very violent hardcore ones that will kill you on a whim if you looked at them crooked. That same scenario plays out in the Erie county area, the peaceful ones that refuse to follow the violent teachings of the koran and the more violent ones outside the city that are very stout and hardcore and won't hesitate to hurt you. One only needs to look to Dearborn Michigan where the violent sect of muslims live to see the vast difference between hardcore muslims and the ones in the city of erie who chose to assimilate into american soceity.

[@oscopin74]

I've entered the racist part of youtube apparently.. these comments are shocking.

[@Wolfy39565]

Yeah sad isn't it?

[@RohanGillett]

Topics like this interest me. Wonder what is a country? Is it fixed or is it in a state of constant flux? Not wanting immigrants suggests something very conservative to me. Everybody kind of knows everyone else without having met them because they are all the same (generally speaking). Allowing immigrants changes that because they bring another set of beliefs. And maybe they will accept everything the host country gives them or they might reject all of it or just some parts (and just use economic/safety/stability advantages, if they exist). This video was made in 2016, I'm writing in 2020 so I wish there was a follow up to watch.

[@jacobfucker9194]

even with white priveledge on my side the government never helped me build a buis......

[@dennnisandrewball9728]

When will SKILLED LABOR get into the conversation?

[@lindipearson9633]

There's no such thing as white privilege. If anyone gets privilege it's every non-white person

[@juliusmaehlich3138]

@@lindipearson9633 Exactly.

[@pbodymathis]

These examples look great but, let the people decide if they want refugees! Do not force it upon the people. Growing up in W. Texas, illegals were just part of the environment. They came in the spring and worked ranches and farms and left at the end of harvest. Some came for 20 years to the same people! There were virtually no crime as all wanted to make money to send home. That is not the situation now.

[@moonbuilder]

Seems to me that the farmers are desperate for cheap labour.

[@liveoak144]

I lived there, and I approve this comment. Right on. Totally changed now.

[@peterrudy9207]

NEVER mind America's Disabled Veterans / Veterans .

[@AnnemieM]

Why do the people that speak Arabic like the guy in the end of the video with his two kids never show their women?

[@royalpillows7716]

Depending, I live in an Arab country and as a male my mother (and sisters) usually expect that I usually do most of the work outside because they aren’t wearing their hijab (head cover) or because I have to talk to another male which they are sometimes uncomfortable to talk to.

[@searchingforknowledge]

Plenty of refugee videos with Arab speaking families where the whole family is being interviewed if that’s what you’re looking for…

[@mdnis]

What healthy society ever worried about its "demographic vitality?" Yet that is how this video begins.

[@marydit1]

What you failed to say about the influx of refugee children into the Erie, PA School District is that now our School District is NEAR BANKRUPTCY trying to meet the needs of these children, our property and school taxes are through the roof, sustainable jobs are gone and our children leave to find jobs elsewhere totally destroying the AMERICAN FAMILY leaving elderly parents behind. So.........The next time you get a great idea to fly your private plane into Erie, PA to report on something you know NOTHING about STAY HOME!!!!!!!!!

[@KofiNateDogg]

Mary DiTullio But if you kick the refugees and immigrants out, and the kids don't want jobs that suck in poor boring towns, who is going to change your diapers when you're in the old folks home?

[@kansasthunderman1]

Erie Pennsylvania sounds just like what's happening in California.

[@kansasthunderman1]

By the time I get old, Google will have developed a robot that can change my diapers.

[@nobodywantsthetruth.9690]

Then the globest plan for the New World Order is working perfectly.Pretty much text book material.All they have to do know is poke the embers once in a while untill the war.

[@sophiabrown9423]

Mary DiTullio I hear you we have Hispanics here taking over getting welfare it's terrible but if you speak out you are racist I'm black and we are fed up better keep Trump. Companies want cheap labor and docile workers they are abused alot of them and won't speak up this is what companies want.

[@robertwise6916]

Here in Germany we would love to have your problems in the US LoL

[@ut_punkn1859]

You got plenty of migrants coming. But the EU is spending 700 plus million euro to keep them away. Lol you too could have this problem.

[@karmjuro4066]

What job is it, dealing cards? Braceros I understand they help to put bread on a table, they work for pennies...

[@Maureanna]

Nyc having huge problems with refugees. It's not all good right now.

[@visorij3374]

Cool

[@davissteve3921]

Since Voldemort no longer exists, I wonder if JK would mind if we switch from "President Trump" to "President You-Know-Who?" Every single damn time I use his real name online, I feel a sense of dread. It's like he and and all of his followers know I'm about to start talking smack on him again.

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

Even when 1st English got off the boat back in 1609 they were met with resistance. You can't expect Syrian & his kids to be phds overnight.

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

But those English are demonized despite them creating the opportunities this country has.

[@roymaddocks3184]

exactly. unless we are indigenous, we are all settlers. what if the door closed just before your forebears were admitted?

[@saadm1670]

I wish Hilary would've been president cause she would've dealt with "rocket man" in a sensible way

[@ut_punkn1859]

Lol sure Biden is doing a fantastic job.

[@thetruepatriot7733]

what pisses me off is these refugees have a very young baby, most likely a baby conceived during there resettlement. how can you have more kids when someone else is taking care of you. its selfish. if your fleeing war the last thing i would want is to get pregnant. ridiculous

[@katieh5604]

This pisses me off US citizens can’t get jobs and we have to pay for our houses and school yet someone from another country comes over and is given Everything smh

[@chriswatson1698]

Our earth is not coping with human consumption and waste. Individuals in western countries consume far more than individuals in third world countries, but people in western countries have constrained their consumption by constraining their numbers. When you move a person from a third world country into a western country, you quadruple his consumption overnight. To do so, without demanding that they FIRST achieve a western level of reproductive restraint, is morally reprehensible. A man in Syria who has started 4 children has already proven himself to be selfish and irresponsible.

[@thealaskanbullworm1442]

They only showed one side of the argument and said it was true. That is blatant bias in reporting.

[@MakerInMotion]

So have any of them had a "sexual emergency" yet?

[@tp4328]

Whoa, 537 likes and 537 dislikes

[@gabiehazie]

Just another puff piece.

[@merlinthebikewizard4392]

Proof to the contrary?

[@bornfree3821]

Puff Piece. Here in Minnesota... they walk in to the fridge at Subway and each steal a drink and chips...make you wash your hands three times in front of them before you make their food.....entire families and children steal and walk away. My daughter is not going to risk her life for a bag of chips.

[@thinkagainVarela]

and we never complain !native Americans love all!

[@unhooked25]

Except for whites.

[@alexchavez3244]

@@unhooked25 Fr they complain when they bring strangers into our home like wtf it’s our time as native Americans Hispanics and Latinos to get out guns and fight the white mans government to stop bringing strangers in our home.

[@paulsmith6182]

When Mary ,Joseph, and the baby Jesus fled for their lives from Herod they sought refuge in a place where they would not be noticed to blend in with the masses. Where did they go? Not France or Germany or Ireland, but Egypt. That's right The Holy Family were refugees! - Matthew 25:41-46

[@xxkissmeketutxx]

paul smith yes they were refugees. but did Jesus and his mates go around harassing and gang raping women? did Jesus work or marry/enslave four young downtrodden women? did Jesus stone rape victims? please educate yourself on the quran and what it commands it's followers to do. learn about what has become of once Christian nations like Iraq, Lebanon, Syria etc and ask yourself if that's what you and your daughters want to live under

[@roymaddocks3184]

some might try to claim they were economic migrants

[@marklewis1426]

Im Sout African,and LOVIN americas recolonization,lol!

[@jazzyj1449]

Reply to bill bill I agree--why not mention Deerborn and Minneapolis, because they tell the truth about immigration. Small amounts like the towns mentioned, it works. But mega masses like Minneapolis and Deerborn did not. The immigrants in the towns shown had jobs and seemed to want to be in America. There are others who hate America . As far as stopping illegal immigration, from Mexico and afar, let them come in legally. The first system where documented farm workers came in seemed to work. But Obama's seemed to open a can of worms. Also, if farmers paid the American workers a decent wage, maybe they wouldn't have to depend on illegal workers. As a young girl, i am now 67, i worked picking peas, beans,cukes, peaches, plums, cotton and peppers. The pay was very low and made me determined to get an education. If the farmers treated the nisi local workers better, he might get local help. In the south, employers and farmers still believe in the right to work law - which basically means you either accept whatever low pay i give or you don't work. The system in England with documented migrant laborers is much better than the one used in America. The documented immigrant in England gets a fair wage for work done---America still pays like slave labor.

[@jonathancarson9264]

It has been interesting to see how refugees have helped my home city of Dayton, Ohio. A large part of the refugees in Dayton are from Rwanda because of the conflicts, especially the conflict between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's, which has already left over a million people dead. A man that I know who now lives in Dayton as a refugee tells a tragic story of how his entire family (consisting of ten members) were killed, leaving only him to escape.

[@kansasthunderman1]

If his family had 10 members, he's overpopulating and that's what's causing most wars.

[@joykamiza2593]

kansasthunderman1 Rwanda is now peaceful, it's a very nice country.

[@beatakurzawa5877]

Trumna is a hero

[@danieldoherty347]

Humans - Yes - Plain and simple. We are all the same. NONE of us are special. If one of us has a right to something, we ALL have a right to that very thing.

[@giftoftruth9987]

Oh Notice the illuminati symbol use at the beginning.

[@wallacewood2126]

Check out Dearborn, MI. You will get another side to the story.

[@insearchuvu7870]

I agree with 9mm James - This is a PUFF PIECE ... as if an exception is the rule ...

[@merlinthebikewizard4392]

Do you have proof that this is the exception?

[@Noseypoke-mr7th]

California is slowly being assimilated back into Mexico by the rich libtard dogooders,who will just move east when outnumbered,where as the ordinary residents will be stuck in the mire.

[@frankl216]

I love reading ppls comments. xD “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate…hate leads to suffering.” History repeats it self over and over and over . Its no use to fear or fight against the Inevitable.

[@johnmiller7453]

Well that's very true but why speed up the process by letting evil move right in?

[@treecatt]

I could go to the same three cities and find refugees that are harmful to the community. All depends on who you decide to include in your video. Are there refugees who are integrating into the US and working hard. Of course, are there refugees who aren't? Also yes. This is not a balanced view of the effect of refugees on US communities.

[@marywilson8733]

What about your own people who are starving

[@c.inesr.7292]

Those were other times Mr. Paramo...

[@everettleonard2782]

I bet these guy would not do this story in any country in Europe!.

[@johnmerton3630]

I as camping in Western Australia an a muslim man asked me over to his camp for breakfast which was eggs and bacon and a beer. I said I thought you weren"t allowed that food and his answer was in the city I'm a muslim ,out here I'm an Australian.

[@johnmerton3630]

@MARDUK ANUNNAKI True

[@kittykat632]

The real problem stems from Law & Order not being implemented for decades that's why these people are so confused and the woman can say that she demands her right to be respected and this guy says that he was born and raised in Mexico came here in 13 work through the DACA program and now he feels a sense of entitlement when in fact theyre criminals! That boy should be ashamed of his parents coming over to this country illegally

[@saffronblu71]

Had no idea Pa was taking immigrants! But this 1st family seems like a nice decent family. Its ashame the bad outweigh the good.

[@jennygump5835]

none of this will matter when the machines take over.

[@jennygump5835]

***** excuse you?

[@jennygump5835]

***** I was just joking, making a Terminator movie reference.

[@jennygump5835]

***** it's all good, thanks for being rational :)

[@dyerseve45]

I'm totally pumped for the sex robots

[@luvslogistics1725]

The irony is people claiming racism and discrimination in turn do far worse of that in their country to immigrants coming there. Immigration is good for America but should be reformed and improved.

[@andreascool3041]

I fucking agree with trump honestly, and I don't know why none trump's orders hasn't came true, he fucking knows what he's talking about!

[@jeffb5785]

Come to a place called Lakewood New Jersey, then talk to the people in all the surrounding towns and you will get an eye-opening education.

[@robc3586]

I would love to see a doco on this subject that is not biased in either direction for a change. This one is clearly made to show the idealistic refugee situation, unfortunately is not like this most of the time.

[@eccelux2928]

Immigrants are also much more likely to be on welfare. They end up being a net drain when you account for crime and welfare. We already have Americans who are poor, hungry and homeless. We have a duty to help Americans - not to import new welfare recipients.

[@kansasthunderman1]

Yeah right. There is also a study that immigrants bring controlled thermonuclear fusion with them so they can generate more power than they consume.

[@patriciasalvatore2394]

Mr Jones That isn't what i've found out about the net result of immigration financially. It costs the U.S. more than is generated by illegals and middle eastern refugees. At least, though, the middle eastern refugees in the U.S. probably are actually refugees, unlike the huge wave of "refugees" that forced their way into Europe's countries in the last couple of years. Many of them were young men who left their women and children back in the war torn countries. There obviously is no one simple truth about this immigrant situation, but to say the net result is that they add to a country economically is just nonsense.

[@roymaddocks3184]

@@eccelux2928 actually, folks who immigrate are adventurous and independent. they generally contribute much more to a community than they cost. was your family told to 'go back where you came from' when they immigrated?

[@beaniegreen4849]

Mexicans are North Americans, christians, family oriented, human oriented and part indigenous; there are millions and millions and millons of them here. Non-gangbangers are usually welcome to come and be slave laborers; but they are good, sweet people. Many have their own little businesses and are great people outside of the gangsters, which is not being addressed.

[@wandaalexander1972]

What the hell is "DEMOGRAPHIC VITALITY" anyway? We never used such terms before during many waves of immigration.There is no assimilation encouraged any more, multi-culti has taken its place. And today's immigrants turn out to be the least likely to assimilate anyway because their culture and ours have been incompatible going back a thousand years. They study that history, WE DON'T. I am speaking of Muslims. Today we are Balkanized and there is no cultural adhesion. Many Muslim groups actually work against compatibility with Americans. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is a perfect example, and now, she is actually using ballot harvesting, (bought) to collect thousands of illegal votes for herself. $200-$800 a pop. She is either going to prison or headed for deportation OR BOTH, along with her colluding cohorts. So much for "DEMOGRAPHIC VITALITY"...shoved down our throats for decades and we are finally vomiting it up in the faces of the libs. I hope they choke on it.

[@maureenjanousek9088]

Come here LEGALLY and WAIT YOUR TURN

[@mazevedo2010]

Despite of being Brazilian, living in my own country, I believe Trump is correct. Close your borders, look very closer to whom you put inside the country and be faithful to American values. Liberals here or in USA want the same thing: use the votes of immigrants to keep themselves in power, it doesn’t matter if your community would be destroyed during the process....

[@tloukgaugelo2635]

Is it legal for a country to ban immigration

[@DedByMonday]

This skewed report is very touching, but incomplete! THE ATLANTIC.... I have great compassion for Humanity, my own People are in this report. However, the over SATURATION of California with immigrants is already many decades in.... I personally know half a dozen People who have retired early or are now living on welfare, because in the construction business, specifically, Immigrants undercut the going wage just to get the job! Its a disservice to everyone involved. I don't blame the immigrants alone... the companies that see the money signs instead of human relations is also a BIG part of the malfunction. Next report: include the views of the people being affected in the communities where you purport to be getting your "Fair Journalistic Report".... It only looks "Rosey" To Far Away Bureaucrats and those who are UN-affected

[@abdulal246]

Great country America.

[@angelakaymcglasson]

Where is the sponsorship for Americans for a few months to get back on their feet!! So many Americans are homeless because of rising housing cost but they get sponsors to pay for everything for them but Americans can’t get nothing but left on the streets with their children.

[@errolwaguespack7196]

we need the border wall.

[@macysmith5400]

Crate safezones and send them back

[@roodlesprease7659]

What does the JUICE say?

[@roodlesprease7659]

+roodles prease this propaganda

[@huffandpoot]

Left foot trips the body and the body falls down.

[@JavierFernandez01]

huffandpoot cut it off! BURN THE GROUND!

[@lauriestlyon8773]

There is so much this program leaves out. But does highlights several things. That woman who has been farm working in the US still is unable to conduct the interview in English. There is also a huge difference between Legal and Illegal immigration! As they say some workers are necessary but what about the rest who flock to the cities and feed gangs, crime, poverty. Etc? Where is the interview there? What about the cultural and political changes that come with demographic change? Why did they not go to Dearborn where Sudanese are entitled and Americans neglected and afraid. Strangers in their own country! Should take a look at what had happened in UK. Look up Rebel Media and Tommy Robinson. Even if you disagree with his politics you cannot deny the factual situations that UK media and political parties all refuse to acknowledge! So sad!

[@jolandaraimann8509]

I used to watch the homeless in America or the victims of drug poor People

[@tacywest8842]

Look at the drain on welfare trillions no joke change that and the tax payer would be happy

[@shannonh8697]

Thats fasinating. Muslims are allowed to gamble? Wait, are Christians allowed to gamble?

[@keithsage7258]

Send them to Jackson Mississippi.

[@abidan1499]

What they sowed in islam so they reap. Now what Europe and part of america sowing they will reap too

[@jtoad99]

Somewhere, somehow, somebody Must have kicked you around some Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped Tied up, taken away and held for ransom Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby Everybody's had to fight to be free You see, you don't have to live like a refugee Don't have to live like a refugee

[@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion]

Inject the R&R into the topic. Fitting song.

[@sharralynnpiercewoolworth6358]

Michigan and Minnesota? Why don't you talk about them? We don't have to absorb the Whole world! Enough!!

[@dp7047]

Minnesota and California are a lost cause