(July 23, 2016 at 12:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Mexico wouldn't take them...but we have plenty of for profit prisons that would. The minute you start referring to people like importable commodities, you've lost me...and it's not like that refugee can't get a cheap ass comp sci degree......
Well, they have to learn the language. And we'd have to give them money for a home. And then we'd have to send them to school. And then we'd have to have their kids go to school. Pay for healthcare. Hope they are smart enough to get a degree. Etc... Basically, you can invest a few 100k getting a refugee family up to speed, or bring in an Indian family that can hit the ground running.
I know you don't like quantifying people like that, but there aren't infinite resources.
It's crazy the burden on teachers/schools non-english language students are from the beginning. And that's just kids with educated parents in good schools. And those ESL teachers are just money that could be going elsewhere. Whether it's more STEM stuff for the bright kids, or more teachers aides for the struggling schools.
