Comment by zulux
1 day ago
It's wickedly complicated, isn't it? I'm distressed by anybody who doesn't change their position from time to time.
1 day ago
It's wickedly complicated, isn't it? I'm distressed by anybody who doesn't change their position from time to time.
It's not that complicated, my immigration policy is "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
It's a romantic rhetorical cudgel in this context. And it's actually quite complicated, though easy to say.
Mine comes to the same conclusion via a different route. I don't want my government telling me where I can or cannot travel to or decide to live, and I want all other governments to do the same.
How many tired or poor huddled masses are breathing free in your home, oh gracious one?
Care to share what other policies of yours you happen to offshore to 19th century ethnic activists?
That "19th century ethnic activist" was born in the US after her family emigrated here more than a century prior fleeing the Inquisition. Her activism was aiding refugees entering New York as they fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe. My ancestors entered this country in the 19th century though that "golden door" as "poor huddled masses" fleeing those same pogroms. I admire that "ethnic activist" not locking the door behind her just because her ancestors happened to make the journey in a prior generation and therefore I echo that mindset. For me, being anti-immigration would be like spitting on all their graves.
This country was built on the backs of immigrants and slaves which instills in me the belief that even more central than freedom, there is no ideal more core to the United States as a nation than immigration.
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During my lifetime, about 30.
Some distant family, some friends, some friends of friends back home.
Fortunately, this is more or less expected in my culture and I can be sure my family and descendants will always have this safety net.
I hope for your sake that you are never in a situation where you need help though :)
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Well, why are you posting on HN instead of manning the border? Or are you "offshoring" immigration enforcement to someone who doesn't sit behind a keyboard on a Saturday afternoon?
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I actually do harbor an immigrant family in my home! But I admit I am an outlier.
my position has been steady since the start of my political consciousness (maybe ~12 years?)
all laws, including immigration laws, should be enforced consistently and universally, and without bias. and the laws should be changed to make it much simpler and easier to immigrate especially if you are able to already secure employment, housing, and health insurance.