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> think - really think! - what it would be like to wake up one morning to the unexpected shock that a President has been elected on the very possible platform o
by TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
> think - really think! - what it would be like to wake up one morning to the unexpected shock that a President has been elected on the very possible platform of kicking you out of the country and ruining the life you built for yourself.
Immigration is a political issue that hasn't been properly addressed in decades. H1B visas are good in theory, but companies exploit the system to import cheap foreign labor, hurting American wages and job prospects in the process. Illegal immigrants concentrate to pockets of the country, displacing American workers and lowering wages for those who have been hurt the most by globalization.
Should these political issues be ignored just to avoid hurt feelings? I don't think they should.
- untog 9y agoI don't think anyone is going to dispute the argument you've laid out there, but if you were to do as I suggested and put yourself in the position where your livelihood, home and life are on the line, would you really sit back and think "well, immigration is a political issue that hasn't been properly addressed in decades. H1B visas are good in theory, but..." Of course you wouldn't! It's silly to expect or demand that of a person. Especially in the 24 hours since their life was turned upside down.