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> Citizenship should be automatic for those that have been around since (public) middle school (give or take). The examples of educated and well integrated ind
by dmm 4y ago
> Citizenship should be automatic for those that have been around since (public) middle school (give or take).
The examples of educated and well integrated individuals are very sympathetic and most people would agree that US immigration policy is deeply flawed but any path the permanent residency will create powerful incentives. Are you saying any 12yo who comes and lives in the US for six years automatically gets citizenship?
Is that really what we want to incentivize? I'm concerned that trying to "patch" up immigration policy with one-off fixes will just created further problems in the future.
Maybe it would be better to create a true professional immigration process (like Canada?) that would accommodate these individuals and eliminate the mess that's H1B?
- resoluteteeth 4y ago> Are you saying any 12yo who comes and lives in the US for six years automatically gets citizenship? IMO, being able to vote in the country you live and pay taxes in is basically a fundamental human right. The idea that you should deprive immigrants who are living somewhere permanently of the right of self determination based on some sort of nationalistic idea of how countries should function just seems extremely misguided to me. If you don't want to let them in that's one thing but once they're living there and paying taxes beyond maybe a few years they're entitled to vote.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoYes, because that won't be abused at all. Not a chance...