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> A deal where we reduce immigration but ask people to sponsor as some sort of civic duty. How about you can have all the immigration you want if you sponsor i
by zxcvvcxz 10y ago
> A deal where we reduce immigration but ask people to sponsor as some sort of civic duty.
How about you can have all the immigration you want if you sponsor it?
> I think it might reduce anti-immigrant sentiment if Americans were in close contact with the struggles immigrants face.
I think it might reduce the pro-immigrant sentiment if (certain) Americans were in close contact with the struggles immigrants bring.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> How about you can have all the immigration you want if you sponsor it? Pretty much all immigrant visa categories (and certainly the vast majority of actual visas granted) are sponsored, either employer or family, so, sure, just uncap all those categories and be done?
- mkaziz 10y ago^Yep. When I was sponsored, the US government basically told us that if we try and claim any public benefits for the next 5 years, they'd come after my sponsor for reimbursement. Sponsor had to show adequate financial resources to sponsor our family. This probably does not apply for refugees, but definitely does for family-based sponsorships.
- verelo 10y agoCanada does the same thing. I'm a spousal sponsored immigrant and if I were to claim anything as such my partner is actually the one the govnernemnt holds responsible for funding it [from australia, so hardly the same category as a refugee]
- angry_octet 10y agoThere is nothing like this little teaspoon of hate to brighten your day.
- aanm1988 10y agoOH yeah, love it. Friend comes back from India and is talking about how people are scared because of the recent murders. Constantly hearing about how bad we are for taking American jobs or hurting your salaries. Now knowing if/when the new government will try and screw me. Listening to jerks talk about immigrants in broad terms, then claim without a shred of self-awareness that Trump is only anti-illegal immigrant.
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- aanm1988 10y ago> struggles immigrants bring I can't even begin to tell you all the struggles me and my immigrant friend have brought to all you americans. We sure are an awful bunch. Oh wait sorry. We are white Canadians who just came here for better tech jobs. Are we still awful or are we some of the "good ones"?
- mkaziz 10y agoYou should include a note in your next tax return for the feds to not use any of your taxes to pay for his road/social security/medicare/anything. I'm sure he'd prefer his roads to come only from blueblooded American taxes.
- golergka 10y agoIs it bad or racist for a nation to prefer high-paid immigrants who generate more GDP?
- golergka 10y agoIs it bad or racist for a nation to prefer high-paid immigrants who generate more GDP?
- khedoros1 10y agoDepends, doesn't it? Your race and nationality aren't the important pieces of information. The cultural similarity is convenient, but not crucial. Similarly, shared language. Everything else being equal, the country can probably absorb more educated people with some money than it can uneducated people who are poor.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago> How about you can have all the immigration you want if you sponsor it? That'd be great! If you could just please ask Congress to actually let us do that, we can get started right away. Sorry, was I supposed to say "Nooooo, I'm a lazy liberal NIMBY who demands change but won't contribute"?
- throwaway0684 10y agoAlternatively, you and your political tribe could start winning the elections required to advance your agenda. Until that happens, don't pretend that it's the obligation of the Congressional majority to do anything but represent its constituents, who evidently favor policies that disagree with your worldview.