Illegal Immigration Crisis Thoughts

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Illegal Immigration Crisis Thoughts Zany Bat 04/20/22 (Wed) 17:45:56 No.10851

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The Biden administration has expressed bipartisan opposition, both in Congress and among the general public, in terms of a recent decision that would ease the ability for individuals to seek asylum in the U.S. by crossing the territorial borders.

Context: https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/1093529387/as-biden-plans-to-lift-title-42-democrats-want-details-on-how-he-ll-address-influx

My personal opinion is that the legal process of immigration for people who've "stood in line", metaphorically, ought to be streamlined and made more logical. At the same time, I'm concerned about illegal immigration, especially with the rise of organized crime in the context of drug smuggling and other issues. Sending up a "Migrants (Maybe) Welcome!" mat in rhetorical terms, even if practically what's happening is complicated, doesn't strike me as a good idea.

What do you think? Do you oppose the Biden administration on this? Do you have mixed feelings?

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Fantastic Caterpillar 04/20/22 (Wed) 19:18:35 No.10852

I can't really touch on the US situation directly. But it's been argued that there's a lot of fear mongering when it comes to "illegal immigration" and effort to stoke up xenophobia.

So from afar, I don't think there's much to say that making immigration more accessible will be a threat to our own population.n rather, it will likely be easier to regulate who comes in.

Smiling Hippogriff 04/20/22 (Wed) 21:08:01 No.10853

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Punishing non-criminals to catch criminals doesn't seem like the most ethical thing to do, and also seems to add more fuel to the idea that migrants, by default, should be treated with suspicion.

Lovely Badger 04/28/22 (Thu) 18:22:24 No.10877

>>10851
Don't you usually seek asylum by going to an embassy? Assuming you 1st cross over to the nearest neighborhood neighboring country as is required by International law as I understand it.

I don't think I quite understand the question.
Shouldn't asylum come before entry?

Zany Bat 04/29/22 (Fri) 18:59:20 No.10879

>>10877
A lot in the U.S. will argue that asylum seekers tend to be inherently flawed people (such as being uneducated, being susceptible to health problems, being impoverished, being unable intellectually to learn sufficient English, and so on) such that shouldn't be able to even start the process in the first place.

I don't agree personally, but I see such a belief as being kind of popular.

Zany Bat 04/29/22 (Fri) 19:39:10 No.10882

>>10877
>>10879
I should be clear that I've seen this only from social media and not from actual elected people, so I genuinely don't know how widespread this anti-refugee viewpoint is.

I would think that given circumstances right now most Republicans and Democrats in actual office are kind of generally alright with refugees? They're (the refugees) getting a lot of positive news coverage now? I guess?