Illegal immigration is generally a victimless crime -- best fixed by changing immigration laws so supply (of places) more closely matches demand.
Victimless unless you're a xenophobe who whines about "English only."
"Law enforcers?"
You mean fucking pigs who think they're above the law. Put it this way: if someone in my family became a US cop, they're no longer be family to me.
There's no shortage of jobs in... (1) IT -- talking about corporate programming, factory control systems, etc (2) Medicine/health -- there's actually a shortage of doctors, and nurses have no problem getting hired (3) Science/research (4) Engineering -- actually designing and building physical things
The only sector of IT that's ultra-competitive is "Silicon Valley" glamor stuff, startups hoping to build the next fart app. If you're an American, you major in something that's in demand, and you don't expect to move to San Francisco and strike it big, you'll do fine. Stop fearmongering.
Agreed: tight borders are a bad thing under ANY President.
This being said, Obama was less authoritarian than Trump. He pushed civil forfeiture and criminal justice reforms. He didn't advocate violence against his opponents ("I'll pay your legal fees if you punch 'em in the face.") He didn't profess to admire heavy-handed murderers like Duterte. No real comparison.
Who was this study funded by, the KKK and Birch Society? Please cite it.
You've probably met a lot of third-generation immigrants who are indistinguishable from people with parents in the D.A.R.. Our President is one -- his grandpappy was an immigrant (and possibly a bordello owner, but that's another story).
Not sure about your Oxford example (not that the punishment of domestic grad students isn't heinous in itself). If the Oxford/Rhodes student stays out of the US most of the year, they'd be entitled to take the foreign income exclusion, which isn't going anywhere fast and is something like $100k/yr.
This being said -- this has the mark of authoritarianism on it. One of the hallmarks of an authoritarian government is going after the educated and those who want an education, both in word and deed. Words: "like a professor" and "ivory tower" are apparently insults among the Trump set. Deeds: see also, the tax "reforms."
As a white male, I don't feel discriminated against. On the other hand, it's always nice to talk to your significant other and find out that her brother was thrown up against the wall by police and searched while walking home, because of how he looked and where he lived.
Let people in on merit, while restricting quantities dramatically and cutting student visas. i.e. letting rich, already-educated people in, while not providing a path for someone to come in, enroll in university, prove themselves, and stay in the US, benefiting the country. The Trump plan was a sham.
You think the majority of people in war-torn Islamic countries (especially those who want to leave!) like some of the more egregious human rights abuses?
Until this is implemented (which I doubt it will be under authoritarian pf'ers like Trump and Sessions), open borders are somewhat of a safety valve. Tight borders in a country that's trending towards authoritarianism would be disastrous.
Wrong. Immigrant population proportion peaked at about 15% around 1908-1910, just before WW I. The US was fairly pre-WW I. Borders closed in the 1920s in response to WW I and the Red Scares, and remained so until after WW II.
Detroit wasn't wrecked by immigration. It was built by it, and will likely be rebuilt by it. What wrecked Detroit was good, old-fashioned, locally-born corruption, racism, and differences in labor rules between states (aka race to the bottom).
In an ideal world, violent criminals and thieves would go to jail. Not that I mind a few escaping if I don't have to pay taxes to lock them up.
But it's also a fact that we make too many "criminals." We jail people for drug offenses that harm only themselves, for consensual sex between adults, even for unpaid parking tickets in some cases. Our sentences are Draconian. A journalist who filmed protests that damaged property in DC is essentially facing a life sentence (60+ years) -- he expressed support, but never participated in any property damage.
If he made bail, cut, and ran abroad across a porous border, I wouldn't blame him one bit -- in fact, I'd applaud and cheer for him. No sense risking a life sentence in front of a biased court.
I'd rather have a few violent criminals escape "justice" than have a tight border that can potentially be used to keep political criminals from escaping.
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Health care isn't the problem -- many countries have socialized health care and it works.
Paying billions to defense contractor parasites and our military running wasteful homicide campaigns abroad is the problem.
I don't cross the street legally either, so we share in our predilections. I'm not going to wait 2 minutes for a light if there's no traffic.
The founder of CIS is literally a white supremacist.
Illegal immigration is generally a victimless crime -- best fixed by changing immigration laws so supply (of places) more closely matches demand. Victimless unless you're a xenophobe who whines about "English only."
Good luck being self-educated if you want to do research or go into fields that require formal education (medicine, law, etc).
"Law enforcers?" You mean fucking pigs who think they're above the law. Put it this way: if someone in my family became a US cop, they're no longer be family to me.
Costs of living in Trini or Uruguay are also significantly lower than in the US.
There's no shortage of jobs in...
(1) IT -- talking about corporate programming, factory control systems, etc
(2) Medicine/health -- there's actually a shortage of doctors, and nurses have no problem getting hired
(3) Science/research
(4) Engineering -- actually designing and building physical things
The only sector of IT that's ultra-competitive is "Silicon Valley" glamor stuff, startups hoping to build the next fart app. If you're an American, you major in something that's in demand, and you don't expect to move to San Francisco and strike it big, you'll do fine. Stop fearmongering.
A major US city with about 40% immigrant population and thrives on it. Narrow it down.
Agreed: tight borders are a bad thing under ANY President.
This being said, Obama was less authoritarian than Trump. He pushed civil forfeiture and criminal justice reforms. He didn't advocate violence against his opponents ("I'll pay your legal fees if you punch 'em in the face.") He didn't profess to admire heavy-handed murderers like Duterte. No real comparison.
Who was this study funded by, the KKK and Birch Society? Please cite it.
You've probably met a lot of third-generation immigrants who are indistinguishable from people with parents in the D.A.R.. Our President is one -- his grandpappy was an immigrant (and possibly a bordello owner, but that's another story).
Not sure about your Oxford example (not that the punishment of domestic grad students isn't heinous in itself). If the Oxford/Rhodes student stays out of the US most of the year, they'd be entitled to take the foreign income exclusion, which isn't going anywhere fast and is something like $100k/yr.
This being said -- this has the mark of authoritarianism on it. One of the hallmarks of an authoritarian government is going after the educated and those who want an education, both in word and deed. Words: "like a professor" and "ivory tower" are apparently insults among the Trump set. Deeds: see also, the tax "reforms."
As a white male, I don't feel discriminated against. On the other hand, it's always nice to talk to your significant other and find out that her brother was thrown up against the wall by police and searched while walking home, because of how he looked and where he lived.
Let people in on merit, while restricting quantities dramatically and cutting student visas. i.e. letting rich, already-educated people in, while not providing a path for someone to come in, enroll in university, prove themselves, and stay in the US, benefiting the country. The Trump plan was a sham.
You think the majority of people in war-torn Islamic countries (especially those who want to leave!) like some of the more egregious human rights abuses?
Until this is implemented (which I doubt it will be under authoritarian pf'ers like Trump and Sessions), open borders are somewhat of a safety valve. Tight borders in a country that's trending towards authoritarianism would be disastrous.
Wrong. Immigrant population proportion peaked at about 15% around 1908-1910, just before WW I. The US was fairly pre-WW I. Borders closed in the 1920s in response to WW I and the Red Scares, and remained so until after WW II.
Detroit wasn't wrecked by immigration. It was built by it, and will likely be rebuilt by it. What wrecked Detroit was good, old-fashioned, locally-born corruption, racism, and differences in labor rules between states (aka race to the bottom).
British English commenting on US politics? Russian troll much?
In an ideal world, violent criminals and thieves would go to jail. Not that I mind a few escaping if I don't have to pay taxes to lock them up.
But it's also a fact that we make too many "criminals." We jail people for drug offenses that harm only themselves, for consensual sex between adults, even for unpaid parking tickets in some cases. Our sentences are Draconian. A journalist who filmed protests that damaged property in DC is essentially facing a life sentence (60+ years) -- he expressed support, but never participated in any property damage.
If he made bail, cut, and ran abroad across a porous border, I wouldn't blame him one bit -- in fact, I'd applaud and cheer for him. No sense risking a life sentence in front of a biased court.
I'd rather have a few violent criminals escape "justice" than have a tight border that can potentially be used to keep political criminals from escaping.
A lot of the lower-level workers on the Manhattan Project were immigrants as well.
Because ethnic cleansing or dekulakization in Germany and Russia were really so much better. Pogroms were a part of European culture.
People have been repeating that tired old canard about a failing society ever since the Irish started coming over in the 1840s. So far, it's survived.
Point still stands as far as the others- and Oppie's father was a German/Jewish exile.
Just to be clear, US and Canada are not the only "first world" countries in the Americas.
Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Trinidad/Tobago.