Echoing the general sentiment, excellent posts, Sean and anitram :up:. Sean, I'd actually be interested to hear your thoughts further on the issue of immigration. I have no problem with making sure our borders are safe and we are keeping an eye out for people who may come here with dangerous plans and such. I think any laws we make related to immigration should be done with the goal of protecting both immigrants and native U.S. citizens.
But I liked your comment about compassion and putting yourself in the other person's shoes. Also, thanks, Diemen :). |
I predict that by 2050, the majority of prospective immigrants will have already realized the great potential that there is in China and India.
Immigrants will then start running to China, requesting Chinese visas and learning Chinese instead of learning English and going crazy to come to The States. Chinese immigration laws and restrictions are tougher than in the US and Europe, making it a serious challenge from right now (when the boom hasn't even happened yet) to immigrate to China legally and on a permanent basis. And don't forget Mexico, with a projected per capita income of about $63,000 by the end of 2050, compared to the current one being about $16K. |
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Because he said "our president?" We already got a non-US citizen in the White House, so why is this absurd? :wink: |
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One thing about Sean, he is a honest person.
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With a good sense of humor. :D
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I ask because I have found this attitude on occasion (in Canada, the beacon of immigration policies, so they say). I actually found it astounding that somebody would say to my face that "those people" are taking jobs or spots in universities because their parents force them to study more, etc. Like, hello, you're talking to one of THOSE people. Ridiculous. |
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The reason I asked you is because I didn't know what you meant. If I didn't want to understand what you meant, I wouldn't have asked you to clarify. As for the "those people" comment, I wasn't even talking about you, but giving you an example of what I have personally encountered and yes, I was most certainly a citizen by then. Doesn't mean that ignorant people won't say it. |
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:kicks over bar-room table: Seriously, though: I did not say his post was borderline repugnant. That was your rephrasing of what I said. I did say that his post lacked compassion. I stand by that. I am fully prepared to advocate for enforcing immigration law. That does not mean I need to voice support sentiments like the ones INDY has expressed. |
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The SCOTUS struck down most of the Arizona SB1070 law including provisions that made it a crime for immigrants without work permits to seek employment, to fail to carry registration documents and provisions authorizing the police to arrest any immigrant that they believe has committed a deportable offence. What remains are the provisions allowing the police to demand papers of individuals who have been pulled over for some other violation.
Meanwhile in Canada, the federal government has introduced the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, which grants broad discretionary powers on the immigration minister to deny temporary-resident status to immigrants based on public policy considerations. But the main point of the bill is to lower the deportation bar such that immigrants who have been sentenced to less than 6 months can use the immigration appeals process (currently it's 2 years), while the rest would be subject to swift deportation. It's actually a very sensible policy insofar as deportation is concerned. I always worry when broad discretionary powers are bestowed on public officials (it invites subjectivity) but I haven't read the bill yet so I'm not sure how I'd feel about the non-deportation provisions without seeing them. |
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