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I think it's an understandable overshoot to confront what some might see as a long-standing, festering problem. This isn't an endorsement, but the frantic attit
by hallole 1y ago
I think it's an understandable overshoot to confront what some might see as a long-standing, festering problem. This isn't an endorsement, but the frantic attitude makes sense: rush and get the job done, there's only one 4-year-term in which to do it.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoIf it's amazing people will demand that it continue.
- jeffbee 1y agoSure, first you hallucinate a problem that doesn't exist, then you shred the Constitution "solving" the imaginary problem. Literally the Hitler gambit.
- hallole 1y agoIllegal immigration is far from an imaginary problem. Any immigration at all will affect the availability of homes, of jobs, of healthcare... So, it ought to be monitored and controlled. This is becoming more relevant as home prices rise and the job market stays sucking. I don't even think ripping the Constitution up would render the problem "solved." It would really help relieve the panic if the parties could at least agree that the issue does exist; until then, any government plan can expect to be overturned in four years time. To clarify: not defending literally A.H., I think that's a mischaracterization.
- minwcnt5 1y agoWell, no, almost everything you said simply isn't true. Immigrants create jobs. They create homes. They make healthcare more available. Why? Because they work productively, they earn money, and they spend it in the US. "Illegals" do all this while paying taxes without being eligible for benefits, so arguably they help America more than an average citizen. There are good reasons to limit immigration, but "they're taking our jobs" isn't one of them.
- SirChud 1y ago[dead]
- toastercat 1y agoEvery reasonable politician agree illegal immigration is illegal. But you're conflating immigration with illegal immigration in your comment, for some reason. > Any immigration at all will affect the availability of homes, of jobs, of healthcare... So, it ought to be monitored and controlled. This is becoming more relevant as home prices rise and the job market stays sucking. So does having babies. I don't see your point here. Immigrants come and they provide labor, the same labor we use to build homes and staff hospitals. Most immigrants that come to the U.S. are young and utilize less healthcare services than non-immigrants.
- ben_w 1y agoIIRC, Biden's administration claimed 10-11 million undocumented migrants. Given where they are belived to be working, in food supply, removing them within a term of office (irregardless of questions about accuracy or due process) is likely to cause food shortage within the USA. I'm on a different continent, so this metaphorical frag grenade exploding in the USA's metaphorical tent isn't my problem. But it should slow down the people desperate to make it a fix-in-one-term thing.
- hallole 1y agoAgree completely. The parties here really couldn't be farther from consensus, so the sloppy, frantic policy decisions will probably continue. My knowledge of political history doesn't go far back, but it feels like a new thing for every presidential term to start off with a wave of retractions of the last guy's decisions.