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Ishmael,
In my earlier posts, I argued that the legal caps should be raised. I also noted my concerns about people who want to be here exclusively for economic reasons, rather than fleeing the persecution that characterized much (though not all) of the earlier waves of immigration.
But even if the caps were zero, that would not make them "unjust," in the sense of people being denied their rights. The current lawful residents of a country get to decide how many additional residents they would like to accommodate. No citizen of a foreign country has the right to dictate to us that we must accommodate a particular number.
The answer to your question about Social Security is here. An additional 400,000 immigrants lowers the 75-year actuarial deficit from 2.02 to 1.76 percent of payroll and the final year (2080) deficit from 5.38 to 4.88 percent of taxable payroll.
May 27, 2006, 2:37:00 PM