Roy Beck is wrong on why immigration from third world makes no sense.
From his video;
- Making less than two dollars a day is not extreme poverty in most third world countries. By Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) $2/day in some countries will get you 3 meals a day because the dollar is so strong against other currencies. $2/day is about $62 in a month, many countries have their minimum wage slightly above that. Although, $2/pay is poverty wage by world bank standards, it will be good to put some perspective on it.
- The assertion of taking a million people out of, say Africa, won’t make a dent in the poverty situation is wrong as we have data showing otherwise. Nigerians in diaspora sent about $23billion dollars back to Nigeria through the official channel while the total revenue of Nigeria 2019 stood at $13 billion. We have not accounted for monies sent through unofficial channels that could amount to roughly half of $23 billion ($11billion). Nigerians living outside Nigeria is 15million people. 2019 America Community Survey estimates that 461,695 Nigerians reported to have Nigerian origin including children that can’t work. In 2018 Nigerians in America sent $5billion back to Nigeria through the official channels.
- According to Reuters and WSJ remittance from to Mexico stood at $40billion in 2020 contributing to 3.8%of their GDP. We have 39million people of Mexican origin living in the US.
- Filipino communities in Canada sent over $2billion between 2019 and 2020.
He said the US takes people that would have otherwise be the agent of change in their home country. This an erroneous assumption, that again is not based in any fact. He needs to understand how difficult it is for one to leave one’s country with all the sentimental attachments…memories, siblings and parents. Especially, if they know they can positively bring a change. People leave when there is a lost hope for change in their home countries. It comes to the point of either they immigrate or die in oblivion.
If they involve in violent change, they risk destabilizing their home countries, thereby creating a bigger problem of refugees and regional crisis. Do we need to mention Libya or Syria to drive home this point.
In conclusion, immigrants in first world countries have helped the economies of their home countries contrary to the assertion of Roy Beck.
Blocking immigration from third world countries might force violent change which will result to a bigger problem.
