Leftist Tells Tucker U.S. Should PAY Central American Countries to Stop Illegal Immigration – He Regrets It

As Tucker Carlson often does to those who say America somehow “owes” it to people to take them in, he asked Univision anchor Enrique Acevedo just HOW many immigrants America SHOULD take.

His response spun into the most ridiculous answer imaginable:

I’m sorry… what? What is this guy even talking about it?

“I would agree we benefited from immigration for sure but not all immigration is the same, and so my question to you is: what’s the ideal number?” Carlson asked. “Since you are promoting this, how many immigrants a year do you think we should take? How big should our country get and who is going to pay for it?”

Acevedo referred to a New York Times report stating that by 2034, “two thirds of the counties in the country are going to have a deficit in terms of the population …”

Ok? So let’s import a bunch of people who don’t necessarily add anything to the country?

I’m all for immigration. In fact, I’m an immigrant myself. But I believe the US should focus on people who want to WORK and GIVE BACK to our nation – not those who come to TAKE.

After responding with a case for making things easier for U.S. citizens to afford to have their own children, Carlson returned to his original premise: “You do this for a living and you haven’t thought of the most basic question, which is how many people should we admit a year? Three hundred twenty-five million in the country? Should we get to 500,000,000? Would it be a better country? Should the people we admit take part in our universal healthcare program that we are clearly getting? Should they?”

Clearly this guy wasn’t able to come up with a logical answer – they never do. But he was able to make one of the most ridiculous points I’ve heard:

“Give us a glimpse of what the plan is,” the Fox News host insisted. “What’s an ideal worker? How many do we need? What should the population of the country be? Do you have any idea? Can you answer any of those questions?”

“Like I said, I’m not an immigration expert,” said Acevedo. “I’m a reporter. I shouldn’t have to fill this void in your show of people who dedicated their issue of immigration.”

See… that’s where he gets this absurdly wrong. Sure, you’re a “reporter” until you start inserting your political opinions into everything. And then once you’re asked to back them up, you’re a “reporter” again? Yeah. That’s not how this works. If you can’t stand the heat, stay the hell out of the kitchen.

After more arguing, Tucker brought up the question of why the United States should spend “all this time worrying about the populations of other countries” when we have so many problems of our own.

“I said a hundred times on your show we can spend more money in places like Central America, countries like Guatemala …”

“Wait a second. Americans can’t afford to have kids so we need to send more money to Guatemala?” Carlson asked. “So, pay them off to go away? How is that different from like a classic mafia shakedown? Is it?”

HAHAHAHAHA.

No.

No, it’s not.