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> you can give immigrants temporary term VISAs and make it clear their stay is going to be strictly temporary In practice that rarely goes as intended. The fir
by soerxpso 1y ago
> you can give immigrants temporary term VISAs and make it clear their stay is going to be strictly temporary
In practice that rarely goes as intended. The first political party to say, "We changed our minds, you can all have citizenship," gets to secure power with an influx of loyal voters.
- Pamar 1y agoMaybe I misunderstand your point but... if these people are not citizens (i.e. they need a VISA) how could they actually vote for whatever party proposing this?
- babyent 1y agoHe says the party will lock in a loyal block after doing such an act. Before: 5 million illegals or immigrants. Party A passes law making them all citizens. After: Party A always wins because large portion of the new 5 million vote for Party A
- Pamar 1y agoWell, if a party has enough votes to pass such a law, it means that the majority of the society has no problems with that. Conversely, if this hypothetical party had a secret agenda to pass the law when they get elected, but they kept this a secret until then... first of all they will probably lose of voters in the next election. Also, they might find out that former immigrants do not automatically reward this behaviour in terms of votes. I do not find this scenario particularly realistic.