• OnlyTakesLsOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Are you advocating for immigration in general, or illegal immigration specifically?

      • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        My position is that the immigration system needs a gigantic overhaul to allow people to quickly, easily, and cheaply migrate and recieve asylum legally. The current system is the exact opposite in every way.

        Modern republican policy instead says “fuck it, fuck them, just deport them all”.

        • Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          It’s not just republicans. Obama deported more people than any other president before him.

          • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            Democrats are fuck ups on this issue too, don’t get me wrong. But by and large the majority of the fault on this issue can be attributed to republicans.

          • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Immigration is one of our country’s core strengths. Don’t you remember that “melting pot” stuff from civics class?

            Immigrants are a net positive for the economy, and for our country, so I don’t have a problem taking in as many that come. When immigrants come here, they bring their businesses with them and/or start new ones. And I like that.

            • OnlyTakesLsOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              1 year ago

              You can still screw up a melting pot by putting in the wrong stuff. Especially if you put in a lot of the wrong stuff.

              • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                That’s effectively what people said about every single group in the U.S.

                Catholics, italians, protestants, irish, etc. Doesn’t matter, there will always be somebody around to be a bigot against some group. In the end it’s dumb because the melting pot is too big to really be effected. Even at 2m/year that’s a 0.6% change a year. Big whoop.