RE: Illegal Immigration
January 8, 2019 at 11:45 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2019 at 11:46 pm by SteelCurtain.)
If you have a country that is objectively in a better state than many others near it, you are going to have illegal immigration. It is a fact of reality.
We can spend a trillion dollars manning every inch of the southern border, but in the long run, it's just throwing money at a "problem" that actually causes a net positive for our economy.
Immigrants are traditionally the scapegoat for all the ills of society. People don't like change, and because societies change by fits and starts as a rule, the people who like the way it is now always look to blame someone for the fact that things aren't staying exactly the way they are.
As far as sanctuary cities/states, California is exercising that thing that apparently only red states are allowed to do, eschewing the federal government's reach into local matters.
As a liberal person, I am 100% for border security, but I also recognize that people are people, and they all have their stories, and while there are plenty of people who will break the law, by a good margin, immigrants, illegal or no, are less likely to commit crimes. They do the jobs that most Americans don't want to do. Sanctuary cities are simply an acknowledgement that every major city has a illegal immigrant population, and that everyone is safer if they can interact with law enforcement without fear of being deported.
We can spend a trillion dollars manning every inch of the southern border, but in the long run, it's just throwing money at a "problem" that actually causes a net positive for our economy.
Immigrants are traditionally the scapegoat for all the ills of society. People don't like change, and because societies change by fits and starts as a rule, the people who like the way it is now always look to blame someone for the fact that things aren't staying exactly the way they are.
As far as sanctuary cities/states, California is exercising that thing that apparently only red states are allowed to do, eschewing the federal government's reach into local matters.
As a liberal person, I am 100% for border security, but I also recognize that people are people, and they all have their stories, and while there are plenty of people who will break the law, by a good margin, immigrants, illegal or no, are less likely to commit crimes. They do the jobs that most Americans don't want to do. Sanctuary cities are simply an acknowledgement that every major city has a illegal immigrant population, and that everyone is safer if they can interact with law enforcement without fear of being deported.
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